"I dont believe in labels. I want to……" — Lyndon B. Johnson
"I dont believe in labels. I want to do the best I can, all the time. I want to be progressive without getting both feet off the ground at the same time. I want to be prudent without having my mind closed to anything that is new or different. I have often said that I was proud that I was a free man first and an American second, and a public servant third and a Democrat fourth, in that order, and I guess as a Democrat, if I had to takeplace a label on myself, I would want to be a progressive who is prudent."
—
Lyndon B. Johnson
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
320 Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson has 320 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 320 quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson »
More All Quotes
This quote is filed under All Quotes,
one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
— Hannah Arendt
-
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
— Hannah Arendt
-
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
— Hannah Arendt
-
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
— Hannah Arendt
-
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
— Pietro Aretino
-
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
— Aristophanes
-
A friend to all is a friend to none.
— Aristotle
See all 128,558 All Quotes »
