"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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"The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business.“
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"I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women."
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"This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you."
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"I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war."
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