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Every President wants to do right.
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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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
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This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.
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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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Today - wealthier, more powerful and more able than ever before in our history - our Nation can declare another essential freedom.
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The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.
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The best fertilizer for a piece of land is the footprints of its owner.
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In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with representation.
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When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.
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Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
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Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!
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True poverty does not come from God.
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Light at the end of the tunnel? We don't even have a tunnel we don't even know where the tunnel is.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.
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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.
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The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
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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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I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
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