Lyndon B. Johnson ✓

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[Wikidata] president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)... | [Wikipedia] Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Johnson was vice president under John F. Kennedy from 1961 until Kennedy's assassination in 1963, when he assumed the presidency. Before becoming vice president, he served in both houses of the U

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• No one has the right to use America's rivers and America's Waterways, that belong to all the people. as a sewer. The banks of a… All
• But we have not used our waters well. Our major rivers are defiled by noxious debris. Pollutants from cities and industries kill the fish in… Algae
• 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.… Civilization
• At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems - the answer for all the… All
• We must open the doors of opportunity. Doors
• The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goods than with the quantity of their goods. Concerned
• If we become tow people-the suburban affluent and the urban poor, each filled with mistrust and fear of the other-then we shall effectively cripple each… Affluent
• The Air Force comes in every morning and says, 'Bomb, bomb, bomb' ... And then the State Department comes in and says, 'Not now, or… Air
• The best fertilizer for a piece of land is the footprints of its owner. Best
• You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right. Easy
• We preach the virtues of democracy abroad. We must practice its duties here at home. Voting is the first duty of democracy. Abroad
• When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name. Common
• Poverty has many roots, but the tap root is ignorance. Ignorance
• For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty. Conquer
• Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue. Affair
• In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war; we must recognize the obligation to match national strength… Age
• As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor? Brotherhood
• There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies somewhere out in… Any
• Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter ? hug ?em so tight they can?t wiggle. Ems
• Let no one ever think for a moment that national debate means national division. Debate
• This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity. Activity
• If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don't keep her in the living… Center
• Every man should know that his conversations, his correspondence, and his personal life are private. Conversation
• Success only feeds the appetite of aggression. Aggression
• Light at the end of the tunnel? We don't even have a tunnel; we don't even know where the tunnel is. End

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