Lyndon Baines Johnson

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"When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention."	Men, Sleeping
"I believe the destiny of your generation-and your nation-is a rendezvous with excellence."	Destiny, Excellence, Fate
"If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking."	Men, Monarchy
"It is the common failing of totalitarian regimes that they cannot really understand the nature of our democracy. They mistake dissent for disloyalty. They mistake restlessness for a rejection of policy. They mistake a few committees for a country. They misjudge individual speeches for public policy." (Answering North Vietnamese charge that US could not endure)"	Democracy, Failure, Government
"The noblest search is the search for excellence."	Excellence, Greatness
"The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man feels safe on his streets and in the house of his friends. It should be a place where each individual's dignity and self-respect is strengthened by the respect and affection of his neighbors. It should be a place where each of us can find the satisfaciton and warmth which comes from being a member of the community of man. This is what man sought at the dawn of civilzation. It is what we seek today."	America, Friends, Men
"I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help-and God's."	Help
"I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it."	Fear, Life
"Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for good."	Decision-Making, Destruction, Evil
"I knew from the start if I left a woman I really loved -- the Great Society -- in order to fight that bitch of a war [in Vietnam] … then I would lose everything at home. My hopes … my dreams."	Argument, Art, Conflict
"A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children."	Faith, Government, Honesty
"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 be a proclamation but not a fact."	Education, Intelligence, Justice
"In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war, we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint."	Age, Duty, Military
"War is always the same. It is young men dying in the fullness of their promise. It is trying to kill a man that you do not even know well enough to hate. Therefore, to know war is to know that there is still madness in the world."	Age, Death, Knowledge
"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."	Men, Responsibility
"We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. ... We have truly entered the century of the educated man."	Adversity, Age, Difficulty
"Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society."	Crime, Military, War
"We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. ... It is time now to write the next chapter-and to write it in the books of law."	Books, Equality, Law
"I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women." (On appointing 10 women to top government positions)"	Desires, Government, Men
"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 mask on his face. They are both more or less what the law declares them: lawbreakers, destroyers of constitutional rights and liberties and ultimately destroyers of a free America."	America, Argument, Conflict
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