Quotes by
Lyndon Johnson |
1908-1973 , American President [1963-1969]
The 36th president of the United States (1963–69). A moderate Democrat and vigorous leader in the United States Senate, Johnson was elected vice president in 1960 and acceded to the presidency in 1963 upon the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy. During his administration he signed into law the Civil Rights Act (1964), the most comprehensive civil rights legislation since the Reconstruction era.
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Quotations
| • | Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time. 13 |
| • | If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking. 6 |
| • | Guns and bombs, rockets and warships, are all symbols of human failure. 6 |
| • | I'd rather have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in. (about Edgar J Hoover) 5 |
| • | Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. 5 |
| • | You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right. 5 |
| • | The noblest search is the search for excellence. 4 |
| • | The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business. 4 |
| • | I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad. 4 |
| • | There’s America, there’s the South, and then there’s Mississippi. 4 |
| • | We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it. 3 |
| • | Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. 3 |
| • | 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. (about withdrawing from Vietnam) 3 |
| • | When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention. 3 |
| • | Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance. 3 |
| • | While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass. 3 |
| • | Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty. 2 |
| • | I seldom think of politics more than 18 hours a day. 2 |
| • | We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else. 2 |
Personal Stories
| • | Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store. (“Jack” being the president J.F. Kennedy) 3 |
Funny Quotes
| • | If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read “President Can't Swim”. 4 |
