“I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.”
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Famous Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
“Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.”
“They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do.”
Source: My Hope For America
“We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
“You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
“Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964
“We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
“If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.”
“All that Hubert needs over there is a gal to answer the phone and a pencil with an eraser on it.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
“If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.”