Civil rights Quote by Lyndon B Johnson

“A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a sheet on his back and a mask on his face” quote by Lyndon B Johnson — Download Open image

“A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a sheet on his back and a mask on his face”

Lyndon B Johnson

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I hope your mind's not as empty as that desk

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A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children.

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Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will…

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We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a…

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I may not know much, but I know the difference between chicken shit and chicken salad.

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It is not required to understand power, to use it.

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Son, in politics you've got to learn that overnight chicken shit can turn to chicken salad.

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I never trust a man unless I've got his pecker in my pocket

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“Guns and bombs, rockets and warships, are all symbols of human failure.”

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