Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIn 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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No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
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At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems – the answer for all the problems of the world – come to a single word. That word is “education.”
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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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All men are created equal’, ‘government by consent of the governed’, ‘give me liberty or give me death’. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.
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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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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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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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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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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 a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
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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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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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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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