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American politics5 quotes
If he had lost Walter Cronkite he had lost Mr. Average Citizen. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1968Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope—some because of their poverty, and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1964We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1964We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963This Nation--this generation--in this hour, has man's first chance to build the Great Society--a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1964Vietnam War3 quotes
If he had lost Walter Cronkite he had lost Mr. Average Citizen. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1968We still seek no wider war. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1964We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1964American character2 quotes
For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that's sleeping in the unplowed ground. Is our world gone? We say farewell. Is a new world coming? We welcome it, and we will bend it to the hopes of man. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1965We are a nation of believers. Underneath the clamor of building and the rush of our day's pursuits, we are believers in justice and liberty and in our own union. We believe that every man must some day be free. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1965Absurdity of war1 quote
Think of our world as it looks from the rocket that is heading toward Mars. It is like a child's globe, hanging in space, the continents stuck to its side like colored maps. We are all fellow passengers on a dot of earth. And each of us, in the span of time, has really only a moment among our companions. How incredible it is that in this fragile existence, we should hate and destroy one another. There are possibilities enough for all who will abandon mastery over others to pursue mastery over nature. There is world enough for all to seek their happiness in their own way. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1965America1 quote
We are a nation of believers. Underneath the clamor of building and the rush of our day's pursuits, we are believers in justice and liberty and in our own union. We believe that every man must some day be free. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1965American frontier1 quote
For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that's sleeping in the unplowed ground. Is our world gone? We say farewell. Is a new world coming? We welcome it, and we will bend it to the hopes of man. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1965Civil rights1 quote
We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963Clean slate1 quote
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963Equality1 quote
We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963Loyalty1 quote
I don't want loyalty. I want loyalty. I want him to kiss my ass in Macy's window at high noon and tell me it smells like roses. I want his pecker in my pocket. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1967Media1 quote
If he had lost Walter Cronkite he had lost Mr. Average Citizen. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1968Poverty1 quote
Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope—some because of their poverty, and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1964Racial equality1 quote
We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963Role of government1 quote
This Nation--this generation--in this hour, has man's first chance to build the Great Society--a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1964Social democracy1 quote
This Nation--this generation--in this hour, has man's first chance to build the Great Society--a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1964The earth1 quote
Think of our world as it looks from the rocket that is heading toward Mars. It is like a child's globe, hanging in space, the continents stuck to its side like colored maps. We are all fellow passengers on a dot of earth. And each of us, in the span of time, has really only a moment among our companions. How incredible it is that in this fragile existence, we should hate and destroy one another. There are possibilities enough for all who will abandon mastery over others to pursue mastery over nature. There is world enough for all to seek their happiness in their own way. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1965The future1 quote
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963The past1 quote
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963Tomorrow1 quote
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963