“Ask not what you have done for Lyndon Johnson, but what you have done for him lately.” — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
Back in the '40's, Lyndon Johnson could still steal a Senate election in South Texas with the help of the big patrons. — Calvin Jillson Copy Share Image
The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president. Obama has that voice. It… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Presidents have to decide what their popularity is for. Lyndon Johnson probably understood best that political popularity is a wasting asset. You… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
“Hard, brown, ancient, he possessed a prehistoric strain of maleness, a blend of grit and integrity and calcified stubbornness that was rare… — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
A key to McMaster's thinking is his 1997 book, 'Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
I wasn't part of John Kennedy's vision of the world, or Lyndon Johnson's. I thought of them as anti-Communist imperial monsters. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
[Lyndon ] Johnson was responding to a black freedom movement that was tearing the country open and he did what he had… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through … a steady increase in carbon dioxide from… — Naomi Oreskes Copy Share Image
“Poor whites are still taught to hate—but not to hate those who are keeping them in line. Lyndon Johnson knew this when… — Nancy Isenberg Copy Share Image
Lyndon Johnson (with Abraham Lincoln close behind). Johnson was able to get things done, to read other people, and to adjust his… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
I think with Lyndon Johnson, the most important thing I learned was that he never had the sense of security that comes… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
A lot of people were ambivalent about Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson in 1964 positioned himself as the peace candidate. Once Johnson sent large… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
“NOT A GOOD MOVE, Mama.’ ‘Why not?’ said Emma. ‘Jim Knowles has never been supportive, and frankly I’ll be glad to be… — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
Tell the Truth, and speak from your pay-grade. Don't try to answer questions that would better be directed to the battalion commander… — Hal Moore Copy Share Image
Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
“He was to become the lawmaker for the poor and the downtrodden and the oppressed. He was to be the bearer of… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
“It is important to note that the Great Reversal preceded the rise of the welfare state in America. Lyndon Johnson’s War on… — Steve Corbett Copy Share Image
“The Kochs were not alone. As they sought ways to steer American politics hard to the right without having to win the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“[Richard Bedford Bennett] was the richest Prime Minister and the only millionaire to hold office before Pierre Trudeau. His money obviously colored… — Gordon Donaldson Copy Share Image
“With a note of sadness, Wicker wrote in 1983 that “the reverence, the childlike dependence, the willingness to follow where the President… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
There's a story about when President Lyndon Johnson visited NASA and as he was walking the halls he came across a janitor… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
The government of the United States, under Lyndon Johnson, proposes to concern itself over the quality of American life. And this is… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
“In theory, America was more equal than ever before, but the reality continued to tell a different story. Lyndon Johnson argued that… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
“How did we get the 1960s? One is tempted to locate the ideological roots of this era in the 1930s. The expansion… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
“Martin Luther King Jr. was the greatest movement leader in American history. But, as Hillary Clinton once correctly pointed out, his efforts… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
“Of the things I had not known when I started out, I think the most important was the degree to which the… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
“Cyril H. Wecht, the renowned forensic pathologist, a consultant in numerous high-profile cases, and who also holds a law degree, confirmed the… — Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
It may not be too late, whatever happens, if our President, Lyndon Johnson, knew the truth from me. But if I am… — Jack Ruby Copy Share Image
He (Lyndon B. Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see my team (1964 New York Mets). — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
“The second most powerful man in the country.” All his life Lyndon Johnson had been taking “nothing jobs” and making them into… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
Throughout American history, we have elected presidents who had not been honest man. Warren Harding, Richard Nixon, to some extent, Lyndon Johnson… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The most intimidating world leader was Lyndon Johnson, who became U.S. President when John Kennedy was assassinated. He exulted in this power… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
Lyndon Johnson, his 44-state landslide in 1964 and Great Society notwithstanding, was by 1968 a failed president being repudiated in the primaries… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Lyndon Johnson may have escalated the war, but when I was drafted and shipped off to Vietnam, the signature on my orders… — Bob Gunton Copy Share Image
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