"I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it."
-Lyndon B. Johnson
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"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.“
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"I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it."
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"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."
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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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"This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty."
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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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