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We must open the doors of opportunity. We must equip our people to walk through those doors.
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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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
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The Secretary of Labor is in charge of finding you a job, the Secretary of the Treasury is in charge of taking half the money you make away from you, and the Attorney General is in charge of suing you for the other half.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake - but for the nation's sake.
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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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