“We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.”
Society
“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.”
SuccessAll Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
“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'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.”
Fear“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“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.”
Peace“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“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 will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.”
Best“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“I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women.”
Women“The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business.”
Business“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“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“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“Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.”
Learning“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“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“Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.”
History“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“The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.”
Freedom