Lyndon Johnson believed the poor deserved a better life than the economy was providing them. He thought private power and greed had… — Bill Moyers 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
“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
Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I actually thought Pope Paul VI was the most tragic figure in the modern church, like Lyndon Johnson was a very tragic… — James Carville 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
“We have talked long enough ... about civil rights,' Lyndon Johnson had said. 'It is time ... to write it in the… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
I was very much against the Vietnam War, and Max Askeli was visiting Lyndon Johnson in the White House cheering him on,… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
When I got back to NY had the opportunity to work with the beginning years of the poetry project which was founded… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Presidents and Lyndon Johnson was really no exception, very rapidly learned the difference between a contingency plan and an authorized act. — McGeorge Bundy Copy Share Image
If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman,… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
My recurring nightmare is that someday I will be faced with a panel: Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all of… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“There’s a reason you probably haven’t heard much about this aspect of the heartland. This kind of blight can’t be easily blamed… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Barack Obama did get a higher percentage of the vote than anybody has in this country in 20 years. I mean, it… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I'd put the most money on Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson - and not just because we'll probably still be waiting… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
Yes, Obama took over two wars from Bush - just as President Richard Nixon inherited Vietnam from President Lyndon Johnson and President… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
One of the things that I'm doing and I'm - we have the Johnson Amendment. You know what that is. That Lyndon… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The president who did the most for black Americans in 20th century history was Lyndon Johnson, and he got his hands dirty… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
“This man who in the pursuit of his aims could be so utterly ruthless—who would let nothing stand in his way; who,… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
“President Lyndon Johnson was forced to select a commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy and the murder of Lee Harvey… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
“American DEWAR FAMILY Cameron Dewar Ursula “Beep” Dewar, his sister Woody Dewar, his father Bella Dewar, his mother PESHKOV-JAKES FAMILY George Jakes… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
Back in the '60s, for example, just as inflation was beginning to be a big problem, Presidents J.F.Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson would… — Greg Ip Copy Share Image
I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my president. — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as… — Phil Hartman Copy Share Image
Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
