Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

About Lyndon B. Johnson:

Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969), a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President (1961–1963). Johnson was a Democrat from Texas who served as a United States Representative from 1937 to 1949 and as a United States Senator from 1949 to 1961, including six years as Senate Majority Leader, two as Senate Minority Leader, and two as Senate Majority Whip.
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We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of...

Lyndon B. Johnson

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.

Lyndon B. Johnson

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.

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No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.

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A man without a vote is man without protection.

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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

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We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood.

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Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.

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There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.

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We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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.

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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

The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty.

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While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.

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I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order.

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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.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Author Bio

  • NameLyndon B. Johnson
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, 36th president of the United States (in office from 1963 to 1969)
  • AliasesLyndon Johnson; LBJ; Lyndon Baines Johnson
  • BornAugust 27, 1908
  • DiedJanuary 22, 1973
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Teacher; Rancher
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom; Silver Star