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The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 27
Died: 1973
Died: January 22
36Th U.S. President
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So far are we generally from thinking what we often say of the shortness of life, that at the time when it is necessarily shortest we form projects which we delay to execute, indulge such expectations as nothing but along train of events can gratify, and suffer those passions to gain upon us which are only excusable in the prime of life.
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I cannot say and no man could say that no more will be asked of us.
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Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.
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Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition... well, they are still radical ideas.
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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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