There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONThere is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONAt the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems – the answer for all the problems of the world – come to a single word. That word is “education.”
LYNDON B. JOHNSONLincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONWhile you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI’m the only president you’ve got.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONWhether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIf we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIf you’re I politics and you can’t tell when you walk into a room who’s for you and who’s against you, then you’re in the wrong line of work.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONAs man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
LYNDON B. JOHNSONTo hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
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. JOHNSONYesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONBeing president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONEvery man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONA good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON