…International education cannot be the work of one country. It is the responsibility and promise of all nations. It calls for free exchange and full collaboration…The knowledge of our citizens is one treasure which grows only when it is shared.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONNever miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
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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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I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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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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In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
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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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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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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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I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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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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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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