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I hear the headlines on the radio, see them on TV and read them in the paper. When I hear from the men out there, I sometimes don't believe they are talking about the same situation.
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 the family collapses, it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale, the community itself is crippled.
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The purposeful many need not and will not bow to the willful few.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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