Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONWe believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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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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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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You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’
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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 are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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