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I believe that the essence of government lies with unceasing concern for the welfare and dignity and decency and innate integrity of life for every individual. I dont like to say this and wish I didnt have to add these words to make it clear but I willregardless of color, creed, ancestry, sex or age.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 27
Died: 1973
Died: January 22
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It is happily and kindly provided that in every life there are certain pauses, and interruptions, which force consideration upon the careless, and seriousness upon the light, points of time where one course of action ends and another begins.
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It may be, it just may be, that life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have thought.
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The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.
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America has not always been kind to its artists and scholars. Somehow the scientists always seem to get the penthouse while the arts and humanities get the basement.
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Never make a speech at a country dance or a football game.
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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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I'm the only president you've got.
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You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.
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Of all the problems of conservation, none is more urgent that the polluted air which endangers the American people. We have been fortunate so far. But we have seen that when winds fail to blow, the concentrations of poisonous clouds over our cities can become perilous.
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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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I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.
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We must open the doors of opportunity.
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The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goods than with the quantity of their goods.
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The purposeful many need not and will not bow to the willful few.
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The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty.
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For the individual, education is the path to achievement and fulfillment for the nation, it is a path to a society that is not only free but civilized and for the world, it is the path to peace - for it is education that places reason over force.
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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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While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.
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He's a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off.
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We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.
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