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• We don't propose to sit here in our rocking chair with our hands folded and let the Communists set up any government in the Western Hemisphere.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  War, Government, Hands

  Remarks to the 10th National Legislative Conference, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. May 03, 1965.

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• We must change to master change.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Change, Masters

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• This Congress did more to uplift education, more to attack disease in this country and around the world, and more to conquer poverty than any other session in all American history, and what more worthy achievements could any person want to have? For it was the Congress that was more true than any other Congress to Thomas Jefferson's belief that: 'The care of human life and happiness is the first and only legitimate objective of good Government.'

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Uplifting, Education, Country

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• Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Time, Fog, Dumb

  Quoted in Richard Reeves, A Ford, Not a Lincoln (1975)

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• Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met - obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Inspirational Life, Justice, Liberty

  "271 - Address at the Free University of Berlin". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. June 26, 1963.

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• As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Stars, Men, Diversity

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.945, Best Books on

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• The best fertilizer for a piece of land is the footprints of its owner.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Garden, Land, Pieces

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• If you're not listening, you're not learning.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Business, Listening, Conflict

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• In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Firsts, Agents, World

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.161, Best Books on

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• We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Lbj, Guardian, Gates

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.794, Best Books on

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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.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Civilization, Water, Environmental

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1970). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969”, p.1131, Best Books on

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• The Roman Empire controlled the world because it could build roads . . . the British Empire was dominant because it had ships. In the air age we were powerful because we had airplaines. Now the Communists have established a foothold in outer space.

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  Powerful, Future, Space

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• Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have
  to ensure that right.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Citizens, Denial, Vote

  Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Voting Legislation, delivered 15 March 1965, Washington, D.C.

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• A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Moving, Eye, President

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• I dont believe in labels. I want to do the best I can, all the time. I want to be progressive without getting both feet off the ground at the same time. I want to be prudent without having my mind closed to anything that is new or different. I have often said that I was proud that I was a free man first and an American second, and a public servant third and a Democrat fourth, in that order, and I guess as a Democrat, if I had to takeplace a label on myself, I would want to be a progressive who is prudent.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Believe, Men, Feet

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1965). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964”, p.368, Best Books on

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• There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse the conversationalist in their heart.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Heart, People, Envy

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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!

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Aids, Alamo, Damn

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• John ain't been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Suits, Damn, American Politics

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• In Asia we face an ambitious and aggressive China, but we have the will and we have the strength to help our Asian friends resist that ambition. Sometimes our folks get a little impatient. Sometimes they rattle their rockets some, and they bluff about their bombs. But we are not about to send American boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Home, Ambition, Boys

  Speech at Akron University, Akron, Ohio, 21 Oct. 1964

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• I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Life, Courage, Fear

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• I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.

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  Democracy, Trying, Way

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• There are some, I know, who see beautification as a frill, as an extra, or as something that is luxurious enough to postpone. Well, they make me impatient because I am convinced that beauty and order in our environment are not frills. I am convinced that they are urgent necessities because they will determine whether our grandchildren can live in a decent land or whether they will be surrounded by glittering junkheaps.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Future, Grandchildren, Order

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1970). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969”, p.459, Best Books on

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• Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Baby, Kissing, Bills

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• President Can't Swim.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Swimming, Swim, President

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Today, 8 million adult Americans, more than the entire population of Michigan, have not finished 5 years of school. Nearly 20 million have not finished 8 years of school. Nearly 54 million - more than one-quarter of all America - have not even finished high school.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Education, School, America

  The Great Society, delivered 22 May 1964, Ann Arbor, MI

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