No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONNo member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
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. JOHNSONYesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIn the Great Society, work shall be an outlet for mans interests and desires. Each individual shall have full opportunity to use his capacities in employment which satisfies personally and contributes generally to the quality of the Nations life.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONPeace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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. JOHNSONIn a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONA nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONTo hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONAll men are created equal’, ‘government by consent of the governed’, ‘give me liberty or give me death’. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIf you let a bully come in and chase you out of your front yard, he’ll be on your porch and the next day he’ll rape your wife in your own bed.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONAs man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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. JOHNSONIf we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONThe 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