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. Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes From Lyndon B. Johnson Come now. let us reason together. Lyndon B. Johnson presidential reason together 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 parent mother father The American Indian, once proud and free, is torn now between White and tribal values; between the politics and language of the White man and his own historic culture. His problems, sharpened by years of defeat and exploitation, neglect and inadequate effort, will take many years to overcome. Lyndon B. Johnson white-man men years I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it. Lyndon B. Johnson courage fear life I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works. Lyndon B. Johnson democracy trying way I'm the only president you've got. Lyndon B. Johnson president Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue. Lyndon B. Johnson affair virtue vices I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence. Lyndon B. Johnson patriotic destiny believe 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 satisfaction and warmth which comes from being a member of the community of man. This is what man sought at the dawn of civilization. It is what we seek today. Lyndon B. Johnson cities men war I shall never forget the faces of the boys and the girls in that little Welhausen Mexican School, and I remember even yet the pain of realizing and knowing then that college was closed to practically every one of those children because they were too poor. And I think it was then that I made up my mind that this nation could never rest while the door to knowledge remained closed to any American. Lyndon B. Johnson pain girl children Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment. Lyndon B. Johnson investment expenses knows There's something special for everyone to do. Remember, no experience is a bad experience unless you gain nothing from it. Lyndon B. Johnson gains perspective special Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife. Lyndon B. Johnson wife church men I wake up 5 a.m. some mornings and hear the planes coming in at National Airport and I think they are bombing me. Lyndon B. Johnson morning war peace For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground. Lyndon B. Johnson patriotic stars sleep 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 liberty agreement thinking Most of all we need an education which will create an educated mind. This is a mind not simply a repository of information and skills, but a mind that is a source of creative skepticism, characterized by a willingness to challenge old assumptions and to be challenged, a spaciousness of outlook, and convictions that are deeply held, but which new facts and new experiences can always modify. Lyndon B. Johnson new-experiences skills education We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else. Lyndon B. Johnson lbj gates guardian Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man. Lyndon B. Johnson real ambition men The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples. Lyndon B. Johnson immigration land culture
