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.
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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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man’s unending search for freedom.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.
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We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
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Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another.
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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
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Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
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Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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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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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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