Quotes from Lyndon B. Johnson

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

The noblest search is the search for excellence

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.

That bitch of a war killed the lady I really loved -- the Great Society.

Emancipation was a proclamation, but not a fact.

I'll have those niggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years.

Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize Oh man....I could be eating a slow learner.

Don't Spit in the Soup, We All Gotta Eat

Victory is no longer a truth. It is only a word to describe who is left alive in the ruins

He's [Gerald Ford] a nice guy but he played too much football with his helmet off.

As long as you are black, and you're gonna be black till the day you die, no one's gonna call you by your goddamn name. So no matter what you are called, nigger, you just let it roll off your back like water, and you'll make it. Just pretend you're a goddamn piece of furniture. [Said to his chauffeur, Robert Parker, when Parker said he'd prefer to be referred to by his name rather than "boy," "nigger" or "chief."]

For the primary and secondary school years, we will aid public schools serving low-income families and assist students in both public and private schools.

It is a truism that education is no longer a luxury. Education in this day and age is a necessity.

It will help at every state along the road to learning. For the pre-school years we will help needy children become aware of the excitement of learning.

Second, this law has become a special symbol of our Nation's most important purpose: to fulfill the individual - his freedom, his happiness, his promise.

For the college years we will provide scholarships to high school students of the greatest promise and greatest need and guarantee low-interest loans to students continuing their college studies.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

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

There's something special for everyone to do. Remember, no experience is a bad experience unless you gain nothing from it.

The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business.

The family is the corner stone of our society.

When the family collapses, it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale, the community itself is crippled.

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

If we become tow people-the suburban affluent and the urban poor, each filled with mistrust and fear of the other-then we shall effectively cripple each generation to come.