Lyndon Baines Johnson

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    We have not been fair with the Negro and his education. He has not had adequate or ample education to permit him to qualify for many jobs that are open to him.
    Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.
    Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    It is beautiful to remember that he passed away as he wished, in the saddle riding hard.
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    BOSWELL. But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad? JOHNSON. “Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the Judge determines it.... It is his business to judge; and you are not to be confident in your own opinion that the cause is bad, but to say all you can for your client, and then hear the Judge’s opinion.
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)