No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONHug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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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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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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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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To sustain an environment suitable for man, we must fight on a thousand battlegrounds. Despite all of our wealth and knowledge, we cannot create a redwood forest, a wild river, or a gleaming seashore.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
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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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The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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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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I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men–and closes its hearts to none.
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In the Great Society, work shall be an outlet for mans interests and desires. Each individual shall have full opportunity to use his capacities in employment which satisfies personally and contributes generally to the quality of the Nations life.
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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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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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