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" It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention. "

Lyndon B. Johnson

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" It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed. "

" 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. "

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

" Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it. "

" 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. "

" Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me. "

" Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam. "

" 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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" 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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" There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves. "

" No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn. "

" You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote. "

" I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence. "

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

" I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world. "

" In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic. "

" While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass. "

" Every President wants to do right. "

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

" 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. "

" You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy. "