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
It (the heart) is supposed in popular language, to be the seat sometimes, of courage, sometimes of affection, sometimes of honesty, or baseness.
For the individual, education is the path to achievement and fulfillment; for the nation, it is a path to a society that is not only free but civilized; and for the world, it is the path to peace - for it is education that places reason over force.
The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.
War is always the same. It is young men dying in the fullness of their promise. It is trying to kill a man that you do not even know well enough to hate. Therefore, to know war is to know that there is still madness in the world.
I want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy's window, and say it smells like roses.
The test before us as a people is not whether our commitments match our will and our courage; but whether we have the will and courage to match our commitments.
There are some, I know, who see beautification as a frill, as an extra, or as something that is luxurious enough to postpone. Well, they make me impatient because I am convinced that beauty and order in our environment are not frills. I am convinced that they are urgent necessities because they will determine whether our grandchildren can live in a decent land or whether they will be surrounded by glittering junkheaps.
Not merely a nation but a nation of nations.
One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.
We can and should have an abundance of trails for walking, cycling, and horseback riding, in and close to our cities. In the backcountry we need to copy the great Appalachian Trail in all parts of America.
I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.
All that Hubert needs over there is a gal to answer the phone and a pencil with an eraser on it.
The thing I would like to do most is to find somehow to bring peace to the world. It has eluded me.
I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.