"You do not examine legislation in the light……" — Lyndon B. Johnson
"You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered."
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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.
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It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and…
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I don't have any handicap. I am all handicap.
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Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts…
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I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to…
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...in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what…
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Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and…
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If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their…
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Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.…
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...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are…
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The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve…
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Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be…
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Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.
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This worship, given therefore to the Trinity of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, above…
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The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which…
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If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the…
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Again, a law may be both constitutional and expedient, and yet may be administered in an unjust and unfair way.
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Wherever we find the Word of God surely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to the institution of…
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As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as…
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Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.
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