“It is profoundly important to honor President Johnson's historic contributions to justice and democracy - and to appreciate how hard he fought for the rights of every Texan and every American.” ImportantHardPresidentJusticeDemocracyRightsHonorAppreciateContributionHistoricJohnsonTexanPresident Johnson Author:Marc Veasey
“[President Johnson] had the political will to say that having one in five Americans living in the kind of abject conditions their fellow citizens associated with Third World countries and the novels of Dickens was as dangerous as any battlefield enemy.” WorldKindCountryPoliticalPresidentEnemyPovertyNovelFiveConditionsDangerousCitizensThirdsFellowsJohnsonBattlefieldsThird WorldDickensPolitical WillThird World CountriesPresident Johnson Author:Anna Quindlen
“These economic, social, cultural and educational causes of opportunity inequality are complex. And they will not be solved by continuing with the same stale Washington ideas. Five decades and trillions of dollars after President Johnson waged his War on Poverty, the results of this big-government approach are in.” IdeasWarBigsGovernmentOpportunitySocialCausesPresidentResultsPovertyFiveEconomicApproachDollarsComplexesEducationalDecadesInequalityContinuingJohnsonStaleBig GovernmentWar On PovertyPresident Johnson Author:Marco Rubio
“The consequences of President Johnsons campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president, his party, and the presidency itself.” Has BeensNationsPresidentPartyMilitaryConsequenceCampaignsDeceptionVietnamPresidencyDeliberateJohnsonPresident Johnson Author:Eric Alterman