Lyndon Quotes

40 quotes by 34 authors

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson… — Robert Caro
Tell the Truth, and speak from your pay-grade. Don't try to answer questions that would better be directed to the battalion commander or Gen. William… — Hal Moore
That field goal attempt was so far to the left it nearly decapitated Lyndon LaRouche. — Dennis Miller
Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in… — Robert Caro
Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work — Robert Caro
I was trying to learn about Lyndon Johnson when he was young and creating his first political machine in the Texas hill country. I moved… — Robert Caro
It may not be too late, whatever happens, if our President, Lyndon Johnson, knew the truth from me. But if I am eliminated, there won't… — Jack Ruby
Lyndon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who had been like family to… — Nancy Gibbs
I think history is continuous. It doesn't begin or end on Pearl Harbor Day or the day Lyndon Johnson withdraws from the presidency or on… — Richard Holbrooke
Years of concentration solely on work and individual success meant that in his retirement [Lyndon Johnson] could find no solace in family, in recreation, in… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice. — Phil Hartman
I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my president. — Jack Valenti
I call upon both Republicans and Democrats to work with us to have a national ID card that is free and accessible. President Lyndon Johnson… — Andrew Young
In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon… — Joe Lhota
President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event he confidently felt… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
My recurring nightmare is that someday I will be faced with a panel: Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all of whom will be… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Pres. Lyndon Johnson was a middle-aged man of smalltown America, both a Westerner and a Southerner, and except where politics had demonstrably forced his growth-as… — Tom Wicker
If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John… — Jeff Greenfield
My mother missed having dinner with Lyndon Johnson because she couldn't find the right hat to wear. While my father went off to the white… — Emilio Estevez
I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly. — Erich Leinsdorf

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