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.
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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John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.
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I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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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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Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don’t want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.
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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
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Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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