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I'm gonna hunker down like a jack rabbit in a dust storm

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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I'll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order.
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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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