Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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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I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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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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To sustain an environment suitable for man, we must fight on a thousand battlegrounds. Despite all of our wealth and knowledge, we cannot create a redwood forest, a wild river, or a gleaming seashore.
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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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I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
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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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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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As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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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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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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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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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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It’s the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.
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