Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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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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Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met – obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.
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In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren’t much happier about taxation with representation.
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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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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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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.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
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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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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
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There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
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