A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour in a quart, he's going to get sick on it. Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes From Lyndon B. Johnson This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you. Lyndon B. Johnson tomorrow war america The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character. Lyndon B. Johnson sarcastic character men I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day. Lyndon B. Johnson politics political thinking The exercise of power in this century has meant for all of us in the United States not arrogance, but agony. Lyndon B. Johnson agony power exercise This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in our homes and in our hearts, to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country. So tonight I urge every public official, every religious leader, every business and professional man, every working man, every housewife - I urge every American - to join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people, and to bring peace to our land. Lyndon B. Johnson religious inspiring country Freedom is not enough. Lyndon B. Johnson 4th-of-july freedom enough The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goods than with the quantity of their goods. Lyndon B. Johnson quality society men 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. Lyndon B. Johnson carpe-diem generations people We preach the virtues of democracy abroad. We must practice its duties here at home. Voting is the first duty of democracy. Lyndon B. Johnson patriotic practice home You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy. Lyndon B. Johnson baptists cowboy might In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic. Lyndon B. Johnson unapologetic prayer home You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote. Lyndon B. Johnson politics political littles Scarcely any law of our Redeemer is more openly transgressed, or more industriously evaded, than that by which he commands his followers to forgive injuries. Samuel Lyndon B. Johnson forgiveness forgiving law The thing I would like to do most is to find somehow to bring peace to the world. It has eluded me. Lyndon B. Johnson humanity peace world All that Hubert needs over there is a gal to answer the phone and a pencil with an eraser on it. Lyndon B. Johnson phones answers needs I don't have any handicap. I am all handicap. Lyndon B. Johnson handicaps golf Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts sceptres in their hands or miters on their heads, shifts the scene of pleasure with endless variety, bids all the forms of beauty sparkle before them, and gluts them with every change of visionary luxury. Lyndon B. Johnson luxury dream hands I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution. By my office - and by personal conviction - I am sworn to uphold that tradition. Lyndon B. Johnson office believe religion ...in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what we have borne long; or that, finding ourselves in age less regarded, we less regard others; or, that we look with slight regard upon afflictions to which we know that the hand of death is about to put an end. Lyndon B. Johnson grief long hands If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their plaintive stories; for pity presupposes sympathy, and a little attention will show them, that those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt. Lyndon B. Johnson pain age thinking
