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I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.
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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Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.
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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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Light at the end of the tunnel? We don't even have a tunnel we don't even know where the tunnel is.
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Every man should know that his conversations, his correspondence, and his personal life are private.
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If you're not listening, you're not learning.
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As the House is designed to provide a reflection of the mood of the moment, the Senate is meant to reflect the continuity of the past--to preserve the delicate balance of justice between the majority's whims and the minority's rights.
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The thing I would like to do most is to find somehow to bring peace to the world. It has eluded me.
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I'm the only president you've got.
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A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.
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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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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 proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men--and closes its hearts to none.
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Control of space means control of the world.
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The test before us as a people is not whether our commitments match our will and our courage but whether we have the will and courage to match our commitments.
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Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.
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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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He's a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off.
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We still seek no wider war.
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If we must disagree, let's disagree without being disagreeable.
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