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A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The poor suffer twice at the rioter’s hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Angry Destruction Hands Oneself Poor Suffering
Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Funny Man Smart Time Wasted Time
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.
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Citizenship Discover Happiness Nation Revolution
Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Education Justice Men Opportunity Race Skin
There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
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Ourselves Problem Relationship Togetherness Unity
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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Fate Freedom History Place Search Time
Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.
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Democracy Government Greatness Honesty Truth Weapon
No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Human Kind Man Nation Race Rule Space
The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Fear History Myself Politics War
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Inspirational Life Lose Motivational Ourselves Success Win
Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Achievement Missing Opportunity Word
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Journey Peace Time
Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Fools Give Up People Time Try
If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Live Peace Togetherness Understand
I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Death Kind Myself Nation Vision
You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Learning Talk Yourself

A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.

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A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.

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