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It Means An Educational System Which Does Not Simply Equip The Students To Adjust To Society, But Which Enables The Student To Challenge And To Modify, And At Times Reject, If Necessary, The Received Wisdom Of His Elders.

-Lyndon B. Johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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It Means An Educational System Which Does Not Simply Equip The Students To Adjust To Society, But Which Enables The Student To Challenge And To Modify, And At Times Reject, If Necessary, The Received Wisdom Of His Elders.

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We Will Not Have Served The Water Needs Of Americans If We Meet Only The Requirements Of Today's Population. A Prudent Nation Must Look Ahead And Plan For Tomorrow.

When I Was A Boy We Didn't Wake Up With Vietnam And Have Cyprus For Lunch And The Congo For Dinner.

Nothing So Challenges The American Spirit As Tackling The Biggest Job On Earth....americans Are Stimulated By The Big Job; The Panama Canal, Boulder Dam, Grand Coulee, Lower Colorado River Developments, The Tallest Building In The World, The Mightiest Battleship.

Control Of Space Means Control Of The World.

My Most Fervent Prayer Is To Be A President Who Can Make It Possible For Every Boy In This Land To Grow To Manhood By Loving His Country--instead Of Dying For It.

I Am Concerned About The Whole Man. I Am Concerned About What The People, Using Their Government As An Instrument And A Tool, Can Do Toward Building The Whole Man, Which Will Mean A Better Society And A Better World.

Every Man Has A Right To A Saturday Night Bath.

New Laboratories And Centers Will Help Our Schools Lift Their Standards Of Excellence And Explore New Methods Of Teaching. These Centers Will Provide Special Training For Those Who Need And Deserve Special Treatment.

Any Man Who's Not Willing To Take Half A Loaf In A Negotiation, Well, That Man Never Went To Bed Hungry.

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.

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.

Today Our Problem Is Not Making Miracles, But Managing Them.

A Compassionate Government Keeps Faith With The Trust Of The People And Cherishes The Future Of Their Children. Through Compassion For The Plight Of One Individual, Government Fulfills Its Purpose As The Servant Of All The People.

There Is No Issue Of States' Rights Or National Rights. There Is Only The Struggle For Human Rights.

I Wake Up 5 A.m. Some Mornings And Hear The Planes Coming In At National Airport And I Think They Are Bombing Me.

For Me, It Is A Deep Personal Tragedy. I Know That The World Shares The Sorrow That Mrs. Kennedy And Her Family Bear. I Will Do My Best. That Is All I Can Do. I Ask For Your Help - And God's.

The Poor Suffer Twice At The Rioter's Hands. First, His Destructive Fury Scars Their Neighborhood; Second, The Atmosphere Of Accommodation And Consent Is Changed To One Of Hostility And Resentment.

Let No One Ever Think For A Moment That National Debate Means National Division.

In The Years Since Then, Those Four Freedoms - Freedom Of Speech, Freedom Of Worship, Freedom From Want, And Freedom From Fear - Have Stood As A Summary Of Our Aspirations For The American Republic And For The World.

Freedom Of Speech

Nothing Comes Free. Nothing. Not Even Good, Especially Not Good.

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.

There Are No Problems We Cannot Solve Together, And Very Few That We Can Solve By Ourselves.

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