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"The exercise of power in this century has meant for all of us in the United States not arrogance, but agony."

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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317 Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and…
For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the…
I don't have any handicap. I am all handicap.
Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts…
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to…
...in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what…
Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and…
If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their…
Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.…
...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are…
The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve…

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Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father… — Ezra Taft Benson
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. — Maya Angelou
In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God. — Hannah More
Can Jesus Christ see the agony of His soul in us? He can't unless we are so closely identified with… — Oswald Chambers
Since I only got one life to ive, God forgive me for my sins, let me make it and i'll… — Tupac Shakur
You learn more from ten days of agony than from ten years of content. — Sally Jessy Raphael
All life is interrelated. The agony of the poor impoverishes the rich; the betterment of the poor enriches the rich.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have… — Albert Camus
There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of… — Aldous Huxley
The thorn is a bridge spanning the muddy depths of agony and sorrow so that one may on the other… — Aberjhani
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need… — Sydney J. Harris
Controlled hysteria is what's required. To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria. It's agony. But everyone has agony.… — Arthur Miller

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