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. JOHNSONJohn 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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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.
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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One hundred years ago, the slave was freed. One hundred years later, the Negro remains in bondage to the color of his skin.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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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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I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men–and closes its hearts to none.
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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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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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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
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We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man’s unending search for freedom.
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