"Books and ideas are the most effective weapons……" — Lyndon B. Johnson

"Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance."

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Against Quotes Book Quotes Books Quotes Censorship Quotes Effective Quotes Effective Weapons Quotes Ideas Quotes Ignorance Quotes Intolerance Quotes Most Quotes President Quotes Weapons Quotes Weapons Against Quotes

317 Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson has 317 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and…
For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the…
I don't have any handicap. I am all handicap.
Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts…
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to…
...in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what…
Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and…
If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their…
Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.…
...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are…
The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve…

See all 317 quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson »

More Book Quotes

This quote is filed under Book Quotes, one of 14,007 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
I was never really a comic-book fanatic. — J. J. Abrams
When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you… — Julian Assange
Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to… — Paul Auster
I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

See all 14,007 Book Quotes »