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Them Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
- If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
- Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts sceptres in their hands or…
- If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their plaintive stories; for pity presupposes…
- Such is the condition of life that something is always wanting to happiness. In youth we have warm hopes, which are soon blasted by rashness…
- [The United States and Israel] share many common objectives ... chief of which is the building of a better world in which every nation can…
- The United States stands by its friends. Israel is one of its friends Peace can be based only on agreement between the parties and agreement…
- If anybody has any idea of hoarding our silver coins, let me say this. Treasury has a lot of silver on hand, and it can…
- When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to…
- Education is 'the guardian genius of our democracy.' Nothing really means more to our future, not our military defenses, not our missiles or our bombers,…
- Way back last summer I asked some of the most outstanding educational minds in this Nation to tackle this problem. I gave them a single…
- There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their…
- 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…
- 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.
- There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
- The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business.
- I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to…
- 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.
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
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