Comfortable Quote by Robert Dallek

Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people…

— Robert Caro

“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

President Lyndon Johnson was very, very unpredictable. We never knew for sure what he is going to do next, and he preferred to have…

— Clint Hill

“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

Even though Lyndon Johnson's presidency was in many ways scarred forever by the war in Vietnam, and destroyed in a lot of ways, he…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Lyndon Johnson was a profoundly insecure man who feared dissent and craved reassurance. In 1964 and 1965, Johnson's principal goals were to win the…

— H. R. McMaster

“The significance of LBJ's personal traits accounted for the growing belief, especially by anti-war activists, that Vietnam was "Johnson's War." His critics are correct…

— James T. Patterson

Lyndon Johnson is still the most formidable, fascinating, frustrating, irritating individual I think I've ever known in my entire life. He was huge, a…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I do not think anyone who ever saw Lyndon Johnson give a speech would call him charismatic, even though he was one of the…

— Jeffrey Pfeffer

I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent - important qualities in a…

— Eliot Spitzer

[Lyndon Baines ] Johnson is a big and larger-than-life guy, we just tried to give him the dynamic range that he actually had.

— Jay Roach

Lyndon Johnson faced some clear moral issues.

— P. J. O'Rourke