Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy, from 1961 to 1963. Johnson was a Democrat from Texas, who served as a United States Representative from 1937 to 1949 and as a United States Senator from 1949 to 1961. He spent six years as Senate Majority Leader, two as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth27 August 1908
CountryUnited States of America
Lyndon B. Johnson quotes about
Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
You aren't learning anything when you're talking.
Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
Did you ever think that making a speech on economy is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.
Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we've already wasted fifteen minutes.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
What convinces is conviction.
For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground.
The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.