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Success only feeds the appetite of aggression.
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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Texas
Lyndon Johnson
LBJ
Lyndon Baines Johnson
President Johnson
L. B. Johnson
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It now seems to be quite a thing to pull down the mighty from their seats and roll them in the mire. This practice deserves pronounced condemnation. Hero worship is a tremendous force in uplifting and strengthening. Humanity, let us have our heroes. Let us continue to believe that some have been truly great.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter ? hug ?em so tight they can?t wiggle.
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While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.
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I'll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order.
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We will not have served the water needs of Americans if we meet only the requirements of today's population. A prudent nation must look ahead and plan for tomorrow.
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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.
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