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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Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.

Lyndon B. Johnson

To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.

Lyndon B. Johnson

If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.

Lyndon B. Johnson

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

Lyndon B. Johnson

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

Lyndon B. Johnson

You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women.

Lyndon B. Johnson

This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.

Lyndon B. Johnson

This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.

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