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Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: That bitch of a war killed the lady I really loved the Great Society. That bitch of a war killed the lady I really loved
the Great Society.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: We Americans know - although others appear to forget - the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war. We Americans know - although others appear to forget - the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking. If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle. I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath. Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity. This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met - obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty. Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met - obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: When the family collapses, it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale, the community itself is crippled. When the family collapses, it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale, the community itself is crippled.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass. While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Liberty is not enough. Liberty is not enough.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: He's [Gerald Ford] a nice guy but he played too much football with his helmet off. He's [Gerald Ford] a nice guy but he played too much football with his helmet off.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Every night before I turn out the lights to sleep, I ask myself this question: Have I done everything that I can ... Have I done enough? Every night before I turn out the lights to sleep, I ask myself this question: Have I done everything that I can ... Have I done enough?
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Guns and bombs, rockets and warships, are all symbols of human failure. Guns and bombs, rockets and warships, are all symbols of human failure.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy. You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right. Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam. I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day. I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Men who have worked together to reach the stars are not likely to descend together into the depths of war and desolation. Men who have worked together to reach the stars are not likely to descend together into the depths of war and desolation.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word-voluntary. If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word-voluntary.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I'll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years. I'll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence. I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works. I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue. Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone's achievement. Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone's achievement.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard. I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: He wouldn't know how to pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel. He wouldn't know how to pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Light at the end of the tunnel? We don't even have a tunnel; we don't even know where the tunnel is. Light at the end of the tunnel? We don't even have a tunnel; we don't even know where the tunnel is.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: The land flourished because it was fed from so many sourcesbecause it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples. The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources
because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: We cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people. We cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: If you're I politics and you can't tell when you walk into a room who's for you and who's against you, then you're in the wrong line of work. If you're I politics and you can't tell when you walk into a room who's for you and who's against you, then you're in the wrong line of work.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don't keep her in the living room. If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don't keep her in the living room.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character. The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Every citizen, regardless of his race, creed, or color, is entitled to equal justice. Every citizen, regardless of his race, creed, or color, is entitled to equal justice.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I don't have any handicap. I am all handicap. I don't have any handicap. I am all handicap.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: No nation in the world has had greater fortune than mine in sharing a continent with the people and the nation of Canada. No nation in the world has had greater fortune than mine in sharing a continent with the people and the nation of Canada.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor. 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 quotes: One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: John ain't been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits. John ain't been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it. I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment. We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's. I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration. There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it. I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves. If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility. There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else. We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I'll have those niggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years. I'll have those niggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge. Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store. Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it. I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance. The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and always gaining It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and always gaining
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment. Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goods than with the quantity of their goods. The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goods than with the quantity of their goods.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women. I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: It may be, it just may be, that life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have thought. It may be, it just may be, that life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have thought.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter ? hug ?em so tight they can?t wiggle. Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter ? hug ?em so tight they can?t wiggle.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Today our problem is not making miracles, but managing them. Today our problem is not making miracles, but managing them.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty. For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: There's something special for everyone to do. Remember, no experience is a bad experience unless you gain nothing from it. There's something special for everyone to do. Remember, no experience is a bad experience unless you gain nothing from it.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves. There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: The noblest search is the search for excellence The noblest search is the search for excellence
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. 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 quotes: Emancipation was a proclamation, but not a fact. Emancipation was a proclamation, but not a fact.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: If the American people don't love me, their descendants will. If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Every citizen will be able, in his productive years when he is earning, to insure himself against the ravages of illness in his old age. Every citizen will be able, in his productive years when he is earning, to insure himself against the ravages of illness in his old age.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present. Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote. You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty. This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Any man who's not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry. Any man who's not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and enlarge his talents. The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and enlarge his talents.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: And Americans have always stood ready to pay the cost in energy and treasure which are needed to make those goals a reality. And Americans have always stood ready to pay the cost in energy and treasure which are needed to make those goals a reality.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: It's the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done. It's the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name. When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: All of us realize that war requires action. What is sometimes harder for us to realize is that peace and neutrality also require action. All of us realize that war requires action. What is sometimes harder for us to realize is that peace and neutrality also require action.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war. I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way. We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time. Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: In modern warfare there are no victors; there are only survivors. In modern warfare there are no victors; there are only survivors.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Don't Spit in the Soup, We All Gotta Eat Don't Spit in the Soup, We All Gotta Eat
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam. Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: President Can't Swim. President Can't Swim.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I believe that the country weekly acts as a form of social cement in holding the community together. I believe that the country weekly acts as a form of social cement in holding the community together.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: It is a truism that education is no longer a luxury. Education in this day and age is a necessity. It is a truism that education is no longer a luxury. Education in this day and age is a necessity.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: A man without a vote is man without protection. A man without a vote is man without protection.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Republicans simply don't know how to manage the economy. Republicans simply don't know how to manage the economy.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Voting is the first duty of democracy. Voting is the first duty of democracy.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: We must change to master change. We must change to master change.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another. Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better. If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: The crotch, down where your nuts hang, is always a little too tight. The crotch, down where your nuts hang, is always a little too tight.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in. Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid! Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: The exercise of power in this century has meant for all of us in the United States not arrogance, but agony. The exercise of power in this century has meant for all of us in the United States not arrogance, but agony.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife. Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: Reporters are like puppets. They simply respond to the pull of the most powerful strings. Reporters are like puppets. They simply respond to the pull of the most powerful strings.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order. I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order.
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes: A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour in a quart, he's going to get sick on it. A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour in a quart, he's going to get sick on it.

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