“We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.”
Society
“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.”
PoliticsAll Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
“You aren't learning anything when you're talking.”
Learning“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“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“The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.”
Freedom“Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.”
Education“Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.”
Education“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“I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.”
Government“I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.”
Politics“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.”
Politics“I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.”
Fear“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“Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me.”
Communication“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.”
Men“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“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.”
Age“I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.”
Marriage“I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.”
Best“Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.”
History