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. JOHNSONAs man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIf we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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. JOHNSONEducation is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONPeace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONUntil justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONDoing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy’s window, and say it smells like roses.
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. JOHNSONGreater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONYou know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONYesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONLincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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. JOHNSONI’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON