The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONAs man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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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.
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I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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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.
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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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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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We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter – and to write it in the books of law.
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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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Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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The job, of course, will never be finished. For a nation, as for an individual, education is a perpetually unfinished journey, a continuing process of discovery.
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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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This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.
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