Quotes by Johnson, Lyndon B.

"The noblest search is the search for excellence."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on excellence
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"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 is sleeping in the unplowed ground."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on america   

"I pray we are still a young and courageous nation, that we have not grown so old and so fat and so prosperous that all we can think about is to sit back with our arms around our money bags. If we choose to do that I have no doubt that the smoldering fires will burst into flame and consume us -- dollars and all."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on america   

"A man without a vote is man without protection."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on government
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"The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of human failure."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on invention and inventor
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"Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on knowledge
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"Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on leadership
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"You aren't learning anything when you're talking."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on learning   

"As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?"

Johnson, Lyndon B. on neighbors   

"We must open the doors of opportunity."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on opportunity   

"Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on peace
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"If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on peace   

"Son, in politics you've got to learn that overnight chicken shit can turn to chicken salad."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on politics   

"If you're I politics and you can't tell when you walk into a room who's for you and who's against you, then you're in the wrong line of work."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on politics   

"The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman-and each nation --must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on population   

"The exercise of power in this century has meant for all of us in the United States not arrogance, but agony."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on power   

"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."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on prayer
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"Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on president   

"I'm the only president you've got."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on president   

"A president's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on right and rightness   

"The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on riots   

"A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a sheet on his back and a mask on his face."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on riots   

"The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goods than with the quantity of their goods."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on society   

"The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on space   

"We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on brotherhood
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"Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we've already wasted fifteen minutes."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on time   

"The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community. It is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on twentieth century   

"There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on unity   

"We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on unity   

"I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on vision
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"To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on vocation   

"There can no longer be anyone too poor to vote."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on voting   

"The world has narrowed to a neighborhood before it has broadened to a brotherhood."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on world   

"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."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on churches   

"It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on constitutions   

"I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on courage   

"I believe that the essence of government lies with unceasing concern for the welfare and dignity and decency and innate integrity of life for every individual. I dont like to say this and wish I didnt have to add these words to make it clear but I willregardless of color, creed, ancestry, sex or age. "

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"The challenge of the next half century is whether we have the wisdom to use that wealth to enrich and elevate our national life, and to advance the quality of our American civilization. The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time. But that is just the beginning. The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where leisure is a welcome chance to build and reflect, not a feared cause of boredom and restlessness. It is a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community. It is a place where man can renew contact with nature. It is a place which honors creation for its own sake and for what it adds to the understanding of the race. It is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods. But most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor. "

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"Europe has been at peace since 1945. But it is a restless peace thats shadowed by the threat of violence. Europe is partitioned. An unnatural line runs through the heart of a very great and a very proud nation [Germany]. History warns us that until this harsh division has been resolved, peace in Europe will never be secure. We must turn to one of the great unfinished tasks of our generationand that unfinished task is making Europe whole again. "

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"In the last few decades entire new categories of waste have come to plague and menace the American scene. Pollution is growing at a rapid rate. Pollution destroys beauty and menaces health. It cuts down on efficiency, reduces property values and raises taxes. Almost all these wastes and pollutions are the result of activities carried on for the benefit of man. A prime national goal must be an environment that is pleasing to the senses and healthy to live in. Our Government is already doing much in this field. We have made significant progress. But more must be done. "

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