A biography for Lyndon B. Johnsonhasn’t been written yet.
“What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.”
“The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business.”
“This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.”
“In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic.”
“We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man.”
“I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.”
“If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.”
“I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.”
“It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed.”
“I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.”
“The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.”
“Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.”
“The noblest search is the search for excellence.”
“There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.”
“You aren't learning anything when you're talking.”
“The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.”
“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.”
“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.”
“The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.”
“A man without a vote is man without protection.”