Lyndon B. Johnson on play
Lyndon B. Johnson93 quotes“Jerry 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.”
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Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter – and to write it in the books of law.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson I want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy’s window, and say it smells like roses.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition. Well, they are still radical ideas.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson 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.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson It’s too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they’ll probably just piss it all away.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson But if future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than with sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as God really made it, not just as it looked when we got through with it.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson All men are created equal’, ‘government by consent of the governed’, ‘give me liberty or give me death’. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.
Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson
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Dau VoireDau Voire I am finding the courage to breathe as I am.
Shelby EnsignShelby Ensign Sadness that is caused by the absence of love is deadly for the heart.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Always find a reason to love.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta You are healing yourself with poetry what could be more beautiful than that?
Aurora RaineAurora Raine Not everyone takes every opportunity that comes their way because it takes a lot of work.
Edgar DoucetEdgar Doucet I could never love her, the fear of losing would be too strong.
AtticusAtticus The lack of influence or power is more dangerous than worrying about things being reduced to nothingness.
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Valentino RossiValentino Rossi Winning is only half of it, having fun the other half. Playing is All of it!!
Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan A World Cup without Zlatan is not worth watching.
Zlatan IbrahimovićZlatan Ibrahimović I’d love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I’m 58 now. So I have to play her father.
Amitabh BachchanAmitabh Bachchan Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don’t hold on to the ball.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar Every time you play for your country, there is responsibility. But when you are captaining, you can say so; you have to lead from the front and make sure the team follows the direction you want them to.
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