Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work — Robert 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
It's Kennedy's war, Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson got all the flak, but it's Kennedy's war. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Ask not what you have done for Lyndon Johnson, but what you have done for him lately.” — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“Little boy crying. "My daddy has been dead for 10 yrs, but he came to town to vote for Lyndon Johnson, and… — Robert Cato 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
Originally, John Kennedy was going to come speak, and then Lyndon Johnson. Because it was October of '62, neither made it because… — David Maraniss Copy Share Image
When former president Lyndon B. Johnson unveiled his plans for the program that would become Medicaid, he reflected on the future of… — Brian Schatz 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 was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly. — Erich Leinsdorf 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
Lyndon Johnson was a profoundly insecure man who feared dissent and craved reassurance. In 1964 and 1965, Johnson's principal goals were to… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
The Democrats' drive to defeat Neil Gorsuch is the latest battle in a 50-year war for control of the Supreme Court -… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image
I do not think anyone who ever saw Lyndon Johnson give a speech would call him charismatic, even though he was one… — Jeffrey Pfeffer 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
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
Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids'… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Liberals cling to the idea that critics of welfare are motivated by greed or callous disregard for the less fortunate. In fact,… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
“But then one evening in November, 1939, the Smiths were returning from Johnson City, where they had been attending a declamation contest,… — Robert A. Caro 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 view that we know less than we thought we knew about how to change the human condition came, in time, to… — James Q. Wilson 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
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
“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's administration was known for his War on Poverty. President Obama's will become notable for his War on Prosperity. We're… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
“President Lyndon Johnson's 10 point formula for success: 1. Learn to remember names. Inefficiency at this point may indicate that your interest… — Anonymous 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
“It is not clear who will bring to the Whitehouse those useful commodities of vivid language, a sense of history and most… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
“All of this goes back to Bill Clinton. It’s not a coincidence that radical welfare reform took place on the same watch… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
“In truth, there will never be enough power in the presidency for an incumbent to make good on a purely constructive leadership… — Stephen Skowronek 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
“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
“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
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
