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. JOHNSONI am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men–and closes its hearts to none.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition. Well, they are still radical ideas.
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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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If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don’t keep her in the living room.
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Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
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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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Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
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Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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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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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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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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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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A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.
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