“Freedom is not enough.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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This administration here and now declares unconditional
“This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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I am concerned about the whole man.
“I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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The men who have guided the destiny
“The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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I am concerned about the whole man.
“I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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Category: government
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I report to you that our country
“I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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We have the opportunity to move not
“We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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If future generations are to remember us
“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 leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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There is but one way for a
“There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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To conclude that women are unfitted to
“To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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What we won when all of our
“What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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