Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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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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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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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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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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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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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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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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.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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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.
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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don’t want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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