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. JOHNSONJerry Ford is so dumb he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. He’s a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole.
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Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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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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But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.
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One hundred years ago, the slave was freed. One hundred years later, the Negro remains in bondage to the color of his skin.
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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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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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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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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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