“Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.”
Education
“We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.”
SocietyAll Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
“In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic.”
Home“I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.”
Politics“The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.”
Fear“Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.”
History“Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.”
Success“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.”
History“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.”
Society“The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business.”
Business“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.”
Faith“I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.”
Society“We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.”
Home“This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.”
War“Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.”
Faith“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.”
Strength“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.”
Home“If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.”
Future“One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.”
Politics“If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'”
History“This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.”
War