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There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who plants a tree or cleans a corner of neglect. For it is the individual who himself benefits, and also protects a heritage of beauty for his children and future generations.
Lady Bird Johnson -
I was keenly aware that I had a unique opportunity, a front row seat, on an unfolding story and nobody else was going to see it from quite the vantage point that I saw it.
Lady Bird Johnson
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My special cause, the one that alerts my interest and quickens the pace of my life, is to preserve the wildflowers and native plants that define the regions of our land-to encourage and promote their use in appropriate areas, and thus help pass on to generation in waiting the quiet jobs and satisfactions I have known since my childhood.
Lady Bird Johnson -
I have learned something about the job of being the President's wife. She is not chosen by anyone except her husband and she really has no obligations except to him.
Lady Bird Johnson -
While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many.
Lady Bird Johnson -
Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it again.
Lady Bird Johnson -
The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.
Lady Bird Johnson