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Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake - but for the nation's sake.
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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There is no Constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong - deadly wrong - to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country. There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner.
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Men who have worked together to reach the stars are not likely to descend together into the depths of war and desolation.
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Second, this law has become a special symbol of our Nation's most important purpose: to fulfill the individual - his freedom, his happiness, his promise.
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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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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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We preach the virtues of democracy abroad. We must practice its duties here at home. Voting is the first duty of democracy.
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...where legitimate opportunities are closed, illegitimate opportunities are seized. Whatever opens opportunity and hope will help to prevent crime and foster responsibility.
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This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor.
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Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.
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All of us realize that war requires action. What is sometimes harder for us to realize is that peace and neutrality also require action.
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Emancipation was a proclamation, but not a fact.
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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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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.
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Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.
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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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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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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam.
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It's the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.
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