You never want to give a man a present when he's feeling good. You want to do it when he's down. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word-voluntary. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
"All men are created equal." "Government by consent of the governed." "Give me liberty or give me death." And those are not… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
We of the United States consider ourselves blessed. We have much to give thanks for. But the gift of providence we cherish… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
We of the United States of America consider ourselves blessed. We have much to give thanks for. But the gift of providence… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. Most of our qualified teachers are underpaid, and many of our paid… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies somewhere out… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Each year more than 100,000 high school graduates, with proved ability, do not enter college because they cannot afford it. And if we cannot… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
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… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
For me, it is a deep personal tragedy. I know that the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family bear. I… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Today, 8 million adult Americans, more than the entire population of Michigan, have not finished 5 years of school. Nearly 20 million have not… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I am afraid, ... that health begins, after seventy, and often long before, to have a meaning different from that which it had at… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
