Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONAny man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
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Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
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Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
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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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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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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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The poor suffer twice at the rioter’s hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
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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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I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men–and closes its hearts to none.
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Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
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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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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.
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If you’re I politics and you can’t tell when you walk into a room who’s for you and who’s against you, then you’re in the wrong line of work.
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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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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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