If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don’t keep her in the living room.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIf you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don’t keep her in the living room.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONFree speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition. Well, they are still radical ideas.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONNo member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONYou aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIf one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’
LYNDON B. JOHNSONAny man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONWhen a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONThe poor suffer twice at the rioter’s hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONHeck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONRepublicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONGreater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONThe guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONWhen the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men–and closes its hearts to none.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONAs man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
LYNDON B. JOHNSON