Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONTo 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.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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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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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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There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
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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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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
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Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
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Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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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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