The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONArt is a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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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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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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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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The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
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Our 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.
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I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.
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Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition. Well, they are still radical ideas.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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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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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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No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don’t want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.
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