Quotes of Lyndon B. Johnson - somelinesforyou

“ If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim". ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

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

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ 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. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

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

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim". ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ The world has narrowed to a neighbourhood before it has broadened to a brotherhood. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

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

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ 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. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ Success only feeds the appetite of aggression. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ If you let a bully come in your front yard, he'll be on your porch the next day and the day after that he'll rape your wife in your own bed. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ 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. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

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

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ A man without a vote is man without protection. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

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

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ While you're saving your face you're losing your ass. Never trust a man whose eyes are too close to his nose. I never trust a man unless I've got his pecker in my pocket. Better inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ I'm the only president you've got. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

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

- Lyndon B. Johnson

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

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ I never trust a man unless I've got his pecker in my pocket. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ 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. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ 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. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

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

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ 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. ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson
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