Quotes from Lyndon Baines Johnson

He's [Nixon] like a Spanish horse, who runs faster than anyone for the first nine lengths and then turns around and runs backwards. You'll see; he'll do something wrong in the end. He always does.

Gerry Ford is a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off.

Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.

Ask him about the cemeteries, Dean!

If we stand passively by while the centre of each city becomes a hive of depravation, crime and hopelessness…if we become two people, the suburban affluent and the urban poor, each filled with mistrust and fear for the other…then we shall effectively cripple each generation to come.