Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
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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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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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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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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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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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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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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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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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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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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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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I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
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If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
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John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.
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