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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The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.

Lyndon B. Johnson

There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.

Lyndon B. Johnson

We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.

Lyndon B. Johnson

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

Lyndon B. Johnson

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it.

Lyndon B. Johnson

When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Whoever won't fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there.

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You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed.

Lyndon B. Johnson

This is a moment that I deeply wish my parents could have lived to share. My father would have enjoyed what you have so generously said of me-and my mother would have believed it.

Lyndon B. Johnson

It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.

Lyndon B. Johnson

A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.

Lyndon B. Johnson

John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.

Lyndon B. Johnson

They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do.

Lyndon B. Johnson

It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I'm a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can't be too small to suit me.

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