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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.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men–and closes its hearts to none.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Heart Myself Pride
No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Generation Ourselves Worth
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Achievement Ambition Comfortable Creation Future Men Present Purpose Reality Satisfaction Time
In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

See Strength Way
A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Eyes Goodness Policy Power
There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Fast Responsibility Trouble
Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Democracy Government Greatness Honesty Truth Weapon
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Himself Play Sports Walk
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Eyes Law Mother Room Yourself
If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Humor Men Oneself Patriot Thinking
If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Agreement Talk
If you let a bully come in and chase you out of your front yard, he’ll be on your porch and the next day he’ll rape your wife in your own bed.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Himself Mental Oppression Sex Violence Wife Yourself
Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Man Night Right
As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Funny Himself Men Stars Togetherness
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Citizenship Discover Happiness Nation Revolution
We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Believe Education Investment Money Myself Yourself

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