--- title: "12 Lyndon johnson Quotes By Robert A. Caro" description: "12 Lyndon johnson quotes by Robert A. Caro. Plus more from Robert A. Caro and more Lyndon johnson sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/robert-a-caro-15999_kennedy_ask-not-what-you-have-done-for-lyndon-jo_1132791.jpg" --- > [“Ask not what you have done for Lyndon Johnson, but what you have done for him lately.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/ask-not-what-you-have-done-for-lyndon-johnson-but-what-you-have-done/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/robert-a-caro-15999_kennedy_ask-not-what-you-have-done-for-lyndon-jo_1132791.jpg) > [“The second most powerful man in the country.” All his life Lyndon Johnson had been taking “nothing jobs” and making them into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/the-second-most-powerful-man-in-the-country-all-his-life-lyndon/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/robert-a-caro-15999_lyndon-johnson_the-second-most-powerful-man-in-the-coun_1202384.jpg) > [“We have talked long enough ... about civil rights,' Lyndon Johnson had said. 'It is time ... to write it in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/we-have-talked-long-enough-about-civil-rights-lyndon-johnson-had-said/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/robert-a-caro-15999_books_we-have-talked-long-enough-about-civil-r_2107668.jpg) > [“Abraham Lincoln struck off the chains of black Americans, but it was Lyndon Johnson who led them into voting booths, closed democracy’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/abraham-lincoln-struck-off-the-chains-of-black-americans-but-it-was/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/robert-a-caro-15999_abraham-lincoln_abraham-lincoln-struck-off-the-chains-of_135006.jpg) > [“IS WHERE POWER GOES”: the most significant factor in any equation that adds up to political power, Lyndon Johnson had assured his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/is-where-power-goes-the-most-significant-factor-in-any-equation-that/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/robert-a-caro-15999_lyndon-johnson_is-where-power-goes-the-most-significant_1000140.jpg) > [“He was to become the lawmaker for the poor and the downtrodden and the oppressed. He was to be the bearer of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/he-was-to-become-the-lawmaker-for-the-poor-and-the-downtrodden-and/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/robert-a-caro-15999_books_he-was-to-become-the-lawmaker-for-the-po_1465230.jpg) > [“With a note of sadness, Wicker wrote in 1983 that “the reverence, the childlike dependence, the willingness to follow where the President…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/with-a-note-of-sadness-wicker-wrote-in-1983-that-the-reverence-the/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/robert-a-caro-15999_white-house_with-a-note-of-sadness-wicker-wrote-in-1_898367.jpg) > [“Lyndon Johnson. The junior congressman saw two things that no one else saw. The first was a possible connection between two groups…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/lyndon-johnson-the-junior-congressman-saw-two-things-that-no-one-else/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/robert-a-caro-15999_congressman_lyndon-johnson-the-junior-congressman-sa_2802879.jpg) > [“He won that election in the byways,” Bill Deason says. Ava Cox says: “That’s what made Lyndon Johnson be elected the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/he-won-that-election-in-the-byways-bill-deason-says-ava-cox-says-that/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/robert-a-caro-15999_first-time_he-won-that-election-in-the-byways-bill_987653.jpg) > [“This man who in the pursuit of his aims could be so utterly ruthless—who would let nothing stand in his way; who,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/this-man-who-in-the-pursuit-of-his-aims-could-be-so-utterly-ruthless/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/robert-a-caro-15999_betraying_this-man-who-in-the-pursuit-of-his-aims_2527013.jpg) > [“But then one evening in November, 1939, the Smiths were returning from Johnson City, where they had been attending a declamation contest,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/but-then-one-evening-in-november-1939-the-smiths-were-returning-from/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/robert-a-caro-15999_lyndon-johnson_but-then-one-evening-in-november-1939-th_2886347.jpg) > [“It is not clear who will bring to the Whitehouse those useful commodities of vivid language, a sense of history and most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/it-is-not-clear-who-will-bring-to-the-whitehouse-those-useful/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/robert-a-caro-15999_history_it-is-not-clear-who-will-bring-to-the-wh_3008419.jpg) ## Other authors on Lyndon johnson ## More by Robert A. Caro > [“And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country” that they summoned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/and-so-my-fellow-americans-ask-not-what-your-country-can-do-for-you/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“And, in fact, had Johnson’s plan succeeded, in many ways it would indeed have been “just the way it was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/and-in-fact-had-johnson-s-plan-succeeded-in-many-ways-it-would-indeed/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“As one 1935 study put it, boys and girls who were 15 or 16 in 1929 when the Depression began are no longer children;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/as-one-1935-study-put-it-boys-and-girls-who-were-15-or-16-in-1929/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“On the rare occasions on which a movie was shown, there was as much suspense in the audience over whether the electricity would hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/on-the-rare-occasions-on-which-a-movie-was-shown-there-was-as-much/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“Abraham Lincoln struck off the chains of black Americans, but it was Lyndon Johnson who led them into voting booths, closed democracy’s sacred curtain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/abraham-lincoln-struck-off-the-chains-of-black-americans-but-it-was/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“I, sir, take a different view of the whole matter. I look upon Ohio and South Carolina to be parts of one whole—parts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/i-sir-take-a-different-view-of-the-whole-matter-i-look-upon-ohio-and/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“A newcomer could ascertain the identity of a town's true leaders – which storekeeper was respected, which farmer was listened to other farmers –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/a-newcomer-could-ascertain-the-identity-of-a-town-s-true-leaders/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“MR. CALHOUN.   Never, never. MR. WEBSTER.   What he means he is very apt to say. MR. CALHOUN.   Always, always. MR. WEBSTER.   And I honor him for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/mr-calhoun-never-never-mr-webster-what-he-means-he-is-very-apt-to-say/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“When Silent Cal Coolidge noted that “You don’t have to explain something you haven’t said,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/when-silent-cal-coolidge-noted-that-you-don-t-have-to-explain/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“...his success in public relations had been due primarily to his masterful utilization of a single public relations technique: identifying himself with a popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/his-success-in-public-relations-had-been-due-primarily-to-his/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“With a note of sadness, Wicker wrote in 1983 that “the reverence, the childlike dependence, the willingness to follow where the President leads, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/with-a-note-of-sadness-wicker-wrote-in-1983-that-the-reverence-the/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“He won that election in the byways,” Bill Deason says. Ava Cox says: “That’s what made Lyndon Johnson be elected the first time.… He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/he-won-that-election-in-the-byways-bill-deason-says-ava-cox-says-that/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“IS WHERE POWER GOES”: the most significant factor in any equation that adds up to political power, Lyndon Johnson had assured his allies, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/is-where-power-goes-the-most-significant-factor-in-any-equation-that/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“A candidate who, night after night, tries “to capitalize on the emotion of honest patriotism, cheapens the impulse.… It is like playing on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/a-candidate-who-night-after-night-tries-to-capitalize-on-the-emotion/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) > [“Ask not what you have done for Lyndon Johnson, but what you have done for him lately.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-caro/ask-not-what-you-have-done-for-lyndon-johnson-but-what-you-have-done/) [Robert A. Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-caro/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lyndon-johnson/robert-a-caro/#itemlist", "name": "12 Lyndon johnson Quotes By Robert A. Caro", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ask not what you have done for Lyndon Johnson, but what you have done for him lately.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert A. 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Ava Cox says: “That’s what made Lyndon Johnson be elected the first time.… He told them: ‘I know what you people are up against. Because I’m one of you people.’ And it wasn’t the people of the cities who elected him, but it was the people from the forks of the creeks.” That was indeed the reason he won—and the reason no politician had thought he could win. The polls had not shown his strength at the forks of the creeks, for no poll bothered with the people at the forks of the creeks, as no candidate visited them. But Lyndon Johnson had visited these people. And they had sent him to Congress. N”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert A. 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