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
In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
We cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.
Voting is the first duty of democracy.
For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty.
I hope your mind's not as empty as that desk
Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.
There's so much that we have yet to do -- the hunger in the world, the sickness in the world, the poverty in the world. We must apply some of the great talents that we've applied to space to all these problems, and get them done, and get them done in the spirit of what's the greatest good for the greatest number.
The world has narrowed to a neighborhood before it has broadened to a brotherhood.
It's probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
For Bird, still a girl of principles, ideals and refinement - from her admirer, Lyndon.
We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it.
He was the one person I ever knew, anywhere, who was never afraid.