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36th U S President Inspirational Quotes (205)

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'Human history, ' H.G. Wells once wrote, 'becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.' You and I cannot be indifferent to the outcome of that race. We care deeply about the winner. Because we do care so deeply about the winner, that is why we are all in the East Room of the White House today.
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I know - from personal experience - that abiding values and abundant visions are learned in the homes of our people.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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It's the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.
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I'm the only president you've got.
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If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word-voluntary.
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All of us realize that war requires action. What is sometimes harder for us to realize is that peace and neutrality also require action.
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A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children. Through compassion for the plight of one individual, government fulfills its purpose as the servant of all the people.
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The exercise of power in this century has meant for all of us in the United States not arrogance, but agony.
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Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.
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You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.
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The future holds little hope for any government where the present holds no hope for the people.
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One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.
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The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty.
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If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don't keep her in the living room.
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But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.
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The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.
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It may be, it just may be, that life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have thought.
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Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam.
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The job, of course, will never be finished. For a nation, as for an individual, education is a perpetually unfinished journey, a continuing process of discovery.
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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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It will help at every state along the road to learning. For the pre-school years we will help needy children become aware of the excitement of learning.
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Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.
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True poverty does not come from God.
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