If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONKnowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Art is a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.
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Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
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Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying, ‘His color is not mine,’ or ‘His beliefs are strange and different,’ in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation.
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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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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I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
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There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
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Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.
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In the Great Society, work shall be an outlet for mans interests and desires. Each individual shall have full opportunity to use his capacities in employment which satisfies personally and contributes generally to the quality of the Nations life.
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It’s the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.
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A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.
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