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Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.
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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No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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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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We must open the doors of opportunity.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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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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I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.
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If you're not listening, you're not learning.
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I want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy's window, and say it smells like roses.
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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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If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith freedom asks more than it gives and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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And Americans have always stood ready to pay the cost in energy and treasure which are needed to make those goals a reality.
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Control of space means control of the world.
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