To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
I 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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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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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.
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Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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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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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.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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I want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy’s window, and say it smells like roses.
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You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
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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.
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Art is a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.
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No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective – taking over the South by force – could not be achieved.
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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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