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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 national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
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We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.
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The Organization of American States couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.
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I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.
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'Human history, ' H.G. Wells once wrote, 'becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.' You and I cannot be indifferent to the outcome of that race. We care deeply about the winner. Because we do care so deeply about the winner, that is why we are all in the East Room of the White House today.
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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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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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If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word-voluntary.
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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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The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.
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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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I'm willin' for any solution - religious, political. I'm not going to keep offerin' to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. It indicates a weakness on our part.
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You have your own difficulties. We watch, with friendly confidence in your capacity to merge differences in the grand dream of Canadian design.
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He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his own heart such an account as will give him satisfaction.
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The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.
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You never want to give a man a present when he's feeling good. You want to do it when he's down.
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In addition to our existing programs, I will recommend a new program for schools and students with a first-year authorization of $1,500 million.
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If we must disagree, let's disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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