As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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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It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
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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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I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
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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.
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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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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.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
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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.
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