In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIn a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
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When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole.
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Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.
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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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The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
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The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
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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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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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