It’s too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they’ll probably just piss it all away.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONOur objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective – taking over the South by force – could not be achieved.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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If you’re I politics and you can’t tell when you walk into a room who’s for you and who’s against you, then you’re in the wrong line of work.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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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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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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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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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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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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No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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