Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter ? hug ?em so tight they can?t wiggle. Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes From Lyndon B. Johnson Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't walk and chew gum at the same time.... He's a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet. Lyndon B. Johnson nicedumbfootball I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. Lyndon B. Johnson nominationspresidentialparty As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor? Lyndon B. Johnson diversitystarsmen No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn. Lyndon B. Johnson our-generationquittinggenerations It is happily and kindly provided that in every life there are certain pauses, and interruptions, which force consideration upon the careless, and seriousness upon the light, points of time where one course of action ends and another begins. Lyndon B. Johnson lightactionhappy-life We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way. Lyndon B. Johnson unitycommonway You know when you're milking a cow and you have all that foamy white milk in the bucket and you're just about through, when all of a sudden the cow switches her tail through a pile of manure and slaps it into that foamy white milk. That's Bill Fulbright. Lyndon B. Johnson bucketswhitetails Any man who's not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry. Lyndon B. Johnson entrepreneurbedmen The best fertilizer for a piece of land is the footprints of its owner. Lyndon B. Johnson piecesgardenland It's too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they'll probably just piss it all away. Lyndon B. Johnson apollopeopleway We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man. Lyndon B. Johnson luxurybirthdaymen Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life. Lyndon B. Johnson israelspiritualamerica I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world. Lyndon B. Johnson menmeanpeople Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity. Lyndon B. Johnson patrioticeducationopportunity Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time. Lyndon B. Johnson fogdumbtime 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 drunksickmen A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations. Lyndon B. Johnson environmentalwatercivilization We must open the doors of opportunity. We must equip our people to walk through those doors. Lyndon B. Johnson educationopportunitydoors 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. Lyndon B. Johnson societymenlife I dont believe in labels. I want to do the best I can, all the time. I want to be progressive without getting both feet off the ground at the same time. I want to be prudent without having my mind closed to anything that is new or different. I have often said that I was proud that I was a free man first and an American second, and a public servant third and a Democrat fourth, in that order, and I guess as a Democrat, if I had to takeplace a label on myself, I would want to be a progressive who is prudent. Lyndon B. Johnson feetmenbelieve
