“President Johnson...proved that strong leadership, combined with knowledge of the political system, could indeed effect change. Things we now take for granted--Medicare, federally funded public education, laws that protect our water, air, and environment, as well as the historic Civil Right Acts...were all passed during LBJ's presidency”
― Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
― Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
“For a fortunate few, war allows us to rise in ways that would otherwise be impossible. We can bring the very best of us to bear.”
― The Whalebone Theatre
― The Whalebone Theatre
“for all she resents the unfair advantages given to the opposite sex, she does not want to be a man, she only wants it not to matter that she is a woman.”
― The Whalebone Theatre
― The Whalebone Theatre
“knew EVERYTHING when I was twelve years old, and with each year of my life, I know a little less, and there is a freedom in that.”
― The Whalebone Theatre
― The Whalebone Theatre
“Their most-loved books have been read so many times, they only have to look at the covers to know how it feels to be enclosed within them.”
― The Whalebone Theatre
― The Whalebone Theatre
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