Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.”

“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.”

“The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.”

“I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.”

“To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts.”

“I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.”

“Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.”

“The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.”

“When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner.”

“I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.”