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If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith freedom asks more than it gives and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.
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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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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Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.
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We must open the doors of opportunity.
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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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Nothing comes free. Nothing. Not even good, especially not good.
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Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we've already wasted fifteen minutes.
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