Built Quote by Jeffrey Pfeffer

“In truth, there will never be enough power in the presidency for an incumbent to make good on a purely constructive leadership project, and…

— Stephen Skowronek

“The second most powerful man in the country.” All his life Lyndon Johnson had been taking “nothing jobs” and making them into something—something big.…

— 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…

— Robert A. Caro

“Many men have a passion for food or drink or sex or making money. For Lyndon [Johnson] it was politics. It was his natural…

— Herman E. Talmadge

Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work

— Robert Caro

“Lyndon Johnson. The junior congressman saw two things that no one else saw. The first was a possible connection between two groups that had…

— Robert A. Caro

There is no inherent power in the office of the vice presidency. Zero. None. It's all a reflection of your relationship with the president.…

— Joe Biden

Back in the '40's, Lyndon Johnson could still steal a Senate election in South Texas with the help of the big patrons.

— Calvin Jillson

“It is not clear who will bring to the Whitehouse those useful commodities of vivid language, a sense of history and most important -…

— Robert A. Caro

“Ask not what you have done for Lyndon Johnson, but what you have done for him lately.”

— Robert A. Caro

Lyndon Johnson believed the poor deserved a better life than the economy was providing them. He thought private power and greed had to be…

— Bill Moyers

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon…

— Robert Caro