Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

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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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Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

Lyndon B. Johnson

We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it in the books of law.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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

I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.

Lyndon B. Johnson

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win yo...

Lyndon B. Johnson

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.

Lyndon B. Johnson

If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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

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

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.

Lyndon B. Johnson

You aren't learning anything when you're talking.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.

Lyndon B. Johnson

If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.

Lyndon B. Johnson
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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

Lyndon B. Johnson

There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.

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