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I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.
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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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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'If you let a bully come in and chase you out of your front yard, he'll be on your porch and the next day he'll rape your wife in your own bed.
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A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.
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When the family collapses, it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale, the community itself is crippled.
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While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.
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