Lady Bird Johnson Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.