Lyndon B. Johnson

...in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what we have…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I am persuaded that the people of the world have no grievances, one against the other. The hopes and desires of a…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I'm gonna hunker down like a jack rabbit in a dust storm

— Lyndon B. Johnson

In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated.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

Europe has been at peace since 1945. But it is a restless peace thats shadowed by the threat of violence. Europe is…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

If one little old general in shirt sleeves can take Saigon, think about 200 million Chinese comin' down those trails. No sir,…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Throughout my entire public career I have followed the personal philosophy that I am a free man, an American, a public servant,…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

We Americans know - although others appear to forget - the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

A President must call on many persons--some to man the ramparts and to watch the far away, distant posts; others to lead…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

New laboratories and centers will help our schools lift their standards of excellence and explore new methods of teaching. These centers will…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

But we have not used our waters well. Our major rivers are defiled by noxious debris. Pollutants from cities and industries kill…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. He recounts…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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

I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

It is very seldom that any one is in prison for an ordinary crime unless early in life he entered a path…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Of all the problems of conservation, none is more urgent that the polluted air which endangers the American people. We have been…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I'm willin' for any solution - religious, political. I'm not going to keep offerin' to negotiate so much because they turn us…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

The United States stands by its friends. Israel is one of its friends Peace can be based only on agreement between the…

— Lyndon B. Johnson