We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON…International education cannot be the work of one country. It is the responsibility and promise of all nations. It calls for free exchange and full collaboration…The knowledge of our citizens is one treasure which grows only when it is shared.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Light at the end of the tunnel? We don’t even have a tunnel; we don’t even know where the tunnel is.
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I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men–and closes its hearts to none.
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There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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I want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy’s window, and say it smells like roses.
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Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective – taking over the South by force – could not be achieved.
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It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
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When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.
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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
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Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
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In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren’t much happier about taxation with representation.
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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don’t keep her in the living room.
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