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Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition... well, they are still radical ideas.

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Lyndon B. Johnson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 27
Died: 1973
Died: January 22
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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
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In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic.
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Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.
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While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.
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Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge.
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A man without a vote is man without protection.
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Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.
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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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The classroom - not the trench - is the frontier of freedom now and forevermore.
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There's something special for everyone to do. Remember, no experience is a bad experience unless you gain nothing from it.
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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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Today - wealthier, more powerful and more able than ever before in our history - our Nation can declare another essential freedom.
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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
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You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.
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