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
I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.
The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and enlarge his talents.
To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts.
The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character.
If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women.
I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.
The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.
Air pollution is a threat to health, especially of older persons. It contributes significantly to the rising rates of chronic respiratory ailments. It stains our cities and towns with ugliness, soiling and corroding whatever it touches. Its damage extends to our forests and farmlands as well. The economic toll for our neglect amounts to billions of dollars each year.
I pray we are still a young and courageous nation, that we have not grown so old and so fat and so prosperous that all we can think about is to sit back with our arms around our money bags. If we choose to do that I have no doubt that the smoldering fires will burst into flame and consume us - dollars and all.
There is no Constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong - deadly wrong - to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country. There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
If we must disagree, let's disagree without being disagreeable.
John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.