Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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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We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter – and to write it in the books of law.
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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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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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One hundred years ago, the slave was freed. One hundred years later, the Negro remains in bondage to the color of his skin.
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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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Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. He’s a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet.
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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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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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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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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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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.
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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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