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. 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.
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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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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.
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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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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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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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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
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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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There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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Art 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.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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Light at the end of the tunnel? We don’t even have a tunnel; we don’t even know where the tunnel is.
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