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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.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Fear History Myself Politics War
If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Government People Purpose
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Funny Man Smart Time Wasted Time
Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Achievement Ambition Comfortable Creation Future Men Present Purpose Reality Satisfaction Time
I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Battle Flower Men Myself Youth
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Fast Responsibility Trouble
Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Better Friendship Himself
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Journey Peace Time
There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Human Issues Right Struggle
As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Funny Himself Men Stars Togetherness
You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Problem Right Wisdom
There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Ourselves Problem Relationship Togetherness Unity
The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Failure Human Peace War Weapon
No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Generation Ourselves Worth
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Belief Citizenship Creation Different Justice Nation Remember
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Happiness Kindness Person Reflection

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