The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
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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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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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.
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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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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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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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I want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy’s window, and say it smells like roses.
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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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If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. He’s a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet.
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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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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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