Quotes from Lyndon B. Johnson

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

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.

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

They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do.

Any man who's not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.

Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal, than accused of deficiency in the graces.

A clear stream, a long horizon, a forest wilderness and open sky - these are man's most ancient possessions. In a modern society, they are his most priceless.

The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goods than with the quantity of their goods.

Every man should know that his conversations, his correspondence, and his personal life are private.

This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor.

You never want to give a man a present when he's feeling good. You want to do it when he's down.

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.

I hear the headlines on the radio, see them on TV and read them in the paper. When I hear from the men out there, I sometimes don't believe they are talking about the same situation.

The debris of civilization litters the landscapes and spoils the beaches. Conservation's concerns now is not only for man's enjoyment-but for man's survival.

Throughout my entire public career I have followed the personal philosophy that I am a free man, an American, a public servant, and a member of my party, in that order always and only.

I cannot say and no man could say that no more will be asked of us.

We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.

Poverty has many roots, but the tap root is ignorance.

'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.

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

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

[The United States and Israel] share many common objectives ... chief of which is the building of a better world in which every nation can develop its resources and develop them in freedom and peace.

The thing I would like to do most is to find somehow to bring peace to the world. It has eluded me.