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
Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.
I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.
I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.
Whoever won't fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there.
This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.
The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.
Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.
You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.
It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.
It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I'm a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can't be too small to suit me.
Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.
I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.
"All men are created equal." "Government by consent of the governed." "Give me liberty or give me death." And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.