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President Johnson offered the middle of the road.

— Lew Wasserman

“What pretty much guaranteed that Johnson would side with white supremacists was his benighted view of black people. No American president has ever held…

— Ron Chernow

“No way, man. I got one rule as a driver.” “What’s that?” “Never look in da rearview mirror.” “Never? " We drifted into the…

— Marisha Pessl

[Lyndon ] Johnson was responding to a black freedom movement that was tearing the country open and he did what he had to do…

— Bill Ayers

“On February 7, President Johnson met at the White House with five black leaders, including Frederick Douglass, who came to lobby for a civil…

— Ron Chernow

“Lyndon Johnson knew this when he quipped, “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t…

— Nancy Isenberg

“The highways are crowded with people who drive as if their sole purpose in getting behind the wheel is to avenge every wrong ever…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“How is it that we dare to honk at others in traffic, when we know nothing about where they have just come from or…

— Elizabeth Berg

“Poor whites are still taught to hate—but not to hate those who are keeping them in line. Lyndon Johnson knew this when he quipped,…

— Nancy Isenberg

“The effort whites put into observing racial etiquette has been demonstrated in the laboratory.”

— Jared Taylor

“One of the greatest privileges of whiteness is not to see color, not to see race, and not to pay a price for ignoring…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“You can’t expect to go both ways when you’re driving on a one-way street.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz