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" Every President wants to do right. "

Lyndon B. Johnson

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" We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man. "

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" There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration. "

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" I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America. "

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" I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it. "

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" Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. "

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

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" The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands. "

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" The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men. "

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" The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty. "

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" You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. "

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" This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty. "

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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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" When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor. "

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" There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility. "

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" It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I'm a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can't be too small to suit me. "

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" This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you. "

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" A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right. "

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" I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard. "

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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! "

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" I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's. "

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

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" Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity. "

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" To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts. "

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" If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.' "

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" I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order. "

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" The noblest search is the search for excellence. "

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" Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife. "

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" John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many. "

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