Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes

Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.

The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.

The exercise of power in this century has meant for all of us in the United States not arrogance, but agony.

The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and enlarge his talents.

Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal, than accused of deficiency in the graces.

There can no longer be anyone too poor to vote.

For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty.

Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the rule of law.

It may be, it just may be, that life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have thought.

A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.

A clear stream, a long horizon, a forest wilderness and open sky - these are man's most ancient possessions. In a modern society, they are his most priceless.

We preach the virtues of democracy abroad. We must practice its duties here at home. Voting is the first duty of democracy.

The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goods than with the quantity of their goods.

Success only feeds the appetite of aggression.

Every man should know that his conversations, his correspondence, and his personal life are private.

The thing I would like to do most is to find somehow to bring peace to the world. It has eluded me.

Freedom is not enough.

The crotch, down where your nuts hang, is always a little too tight.

Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don't want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.

Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another.

Nothing comes free. Nothing. Not even good, especially not good.

If you're not listening, you're not learning.

When the family collapses, it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale, the community itself is crippled.

Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge.

The best way to begin disarming is to begin-and the United States is ready to conclude firm agreements in these areas and to consider any other reasonable proposal.

The family is the corner stone of our society.

We still seek no wider war.

If one little old general in shirt sleeves can take Saigon, think about 200 million Chinese comin' down those trails. No sir, I don't want to fight them.

True poverty does not come from God.

For me, it is a deep personal tragedy. I know that the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family bear. I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.

Emancipation was a proclamation, but not a fact.

Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.

To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.

I'm the only president you've got.

This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor.

This is a moment that I deeply wish my parents could have lived to share. My father would have enjoyed what you have so generously said of me-and my mother would have believed it.

He's got great vision. If he can get outside, he can take it all the way. That's what we were worried about.

Liberty is not enough.

It will be controlled when the people of America, through their elected representatives, demand the right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear..

The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.

Never make a speech at a country dance or a football game.

I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.

The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.

You know there is no one in the world I would rather sleep with than Yuki.

My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land to grow to manhood by loving his country--instead of dying for it.

Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment.

Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin: "God has favored our undertaking." God will not favor everything that we do. It is rather our duty to divine His will.

There are two kinds of speeches: the Mother Hubbard speech, which, like the garment, covers everything but touches nothing, and the French bathing suit speech, which covers only the essential points.