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" Whoever won't fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there. "

Lyndon B. Johnson

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" 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. "

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" Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel. "

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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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" Every President wants to do right. "

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" If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it. "

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