Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.”

“Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.”

“Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.”

“When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.”

“I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.”

“Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!”

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

“You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.”

“Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.”

“Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.”