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As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time. ↗

— Jimmy Johnson

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At the present moment, with little or no detail to hand, it is difficult for me to make any comment, beyond the expression of horror at the shameless haste with which the government appears to be pressing for our liquidation. ↗

— Ethel Rosenberg

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I'm the only president you've got. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim." ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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