Lyndon B. Johnson ( 10 of 10 )
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of read more
Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.
I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having read more
I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.
Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.
Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.
A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what is right
A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what is right
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: read more
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.".
The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter read more
The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls read more
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems read more
Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.
I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get "something." That's the way our system works.
I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get "something." That's the way our system works.
