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I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order.

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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In my state, on the basis of the separate but equal doctrine, we have made enormous strides over the years in the education of both races. Personally, I think it would have been sounder judgment to allow that progress to continue through the process of natural evolution. However, there is no point crying about spilt milk.
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I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.
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I believe that the country weekly acts as a form of social cement in holding the community together.
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In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic.
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Peace does not come just because we wish for it. Peace must be fought for. It must be built stone by stone.
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Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!
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No nation in the world has had greater fortune than mine in sharing a continent with the people and the nation of Canada.
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Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge.
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When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.
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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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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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Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we've already wasted fifteen minutes.
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True poverty does not come from God.
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Nothing so challenges the American spirit as tackling the biggest job on earth....Americans are stimulated by the big job the Panama Canal, Boulder Dam, Grand Coulee, Lower Colorado River developments, the tallest building in the world, the mightiest battleship.
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The Roman Empire controlled the world because it could build roads . . . the British Empire was dominant because it had ships. In the air age we were powerful because we had airplaines. Now the Communists have established a foothold in outer space.
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The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.
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The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man feels safe on his streets and in the house of his friends.
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It's too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they'll probably just piss it all away.
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Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
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The best way to begin disarming is to begin-and the United States is ready to conclude firm agreements in these areas and to consider any other reasonable proposal.
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