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Men Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
- If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
- Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and his amusements pall with frequent…
- Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. He recounts the decency and…
- The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it…
- The American Indian, once proud and free, is torn now between White and tribal values; between the politics and language of the White man and…
- You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race,…
- We need to remember that the separation of church and state must never mean the separation of religious values from the lives of public servants.…
- "All men are created equal." "Government by consent of the governed." "Give me liberty or give me death." And those are not just clever words,…
- No man should think that peace comes easily. Peace does not come by merely wanting it, or shouting for it, or marching down Main Street…
- This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches…
- Any man who's not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
- Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since he…
- This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in our homes and…
- 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…
- 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…
- The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goods than with the quantity of their goods.
- As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
- Every man should know that his conversations, his correspondence, and his personal life are private.
- The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man…
- We are now embarked on another venture to put the American dream to work in meeting the new demands of a new day. Once again…
- [E]very man, everywhere, should be free to develop his talents to their full potential - unhampered by arbitrary barriers of race or birth or income.
- The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man…
- Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to…
- The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place…
- In the last few decades entire new categories of waste have come to plague and menace the American scene. Pollution is growing at a rapid…
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- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle