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Lyndon B. Johnson Quotations
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.
The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business.
America is not merely a nation but a nation of nations.
This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
I seldom think of politics more than 18 hours a day.
The noblest search is the search for excellence.
Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.
They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do.
A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children.
Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.
The Negro says, 'Now.' Others say, 'Never.' The voice of responsible Americans ... says, 'Together.' There is no other way.
We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.
I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help-and God's.
I believe the destiny of your generation-and your nation-is a rendezvous with excellence.
If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
All that Hubert needs over there is a gal to answer the phone and a pencil with an eraser on it.
Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
Light at the end of the tunnel We don't even have a tunnel we don't even know where the tunnel is.
I greet you as the shapers of American society.