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They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#asian #call #job #should #supply

This is a moment that I deeply wish my parents could have lived to share. My father would have enjoyed what you have so generously said of me-and my mother would have believed it. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#could #deeply #enjoyed #father #generously

This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#dead #drop #i #johnson #still

We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#did #else #gate #guardians

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. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#books #chapter #country #enough #equal

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#die #life #middle #only #onward

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#doors #equip #must #open #opportunity

When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner. ↗

— Lyndon B. 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. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#attention #better #call #chew #gone

Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#dealer #feel #how #leaguer #liberty