No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn. Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes From Lyndon B. Johnson Today our problem is not making miracles, but managing them. Lyndon B. Johnson miracleproblemtoday 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. Lyndon B. Johnson partymenphilosophy First, this law - the National Defense Education Act - ended years and years of debate about one controversial question: 'Shall the Federal Government, with all its massive resources, get directly involved in aiding American education?' The answer this law gave was a loud 'Yes!' - and thus we paved the way for a new era of support for education in America. This law, in fact, helped make possible more than 50 new education laws passed in my administration. Lyndon B. Johnson governmenteducationamerica History may well record that we served liberty and saved freedom when we undertook a crash program in the field of education . . .. I hope this bill is only the forerunner of better things to come. Lyndon B. Johnson recordslibertyeducation I pray we are still a young and courageous nation, that we have not grown so old and so fat and so prosperous that all we can think about is to sit back with our arms around our money bags. If we choose to do that I have no doubt that the smoldering fires will burst into flame and consume us - dollars and all. Lyndon B. Johnson flamesfirethinking Today - wealthier, more powerful and more able than ever before in our history - our Nation can declare another essential freedom. Lyndon B. Johnson essentialspowerfuleducation For it was only after I could become President of this country that I could really see in all its hopeful and troubling implications just how much the hopes of our citizens and the security of our Nation and the real strength of our democracy depended upon the learning and the understanding of our people. Lyndon B. Johnson realeducationcountry It means an educational system which does not simply equip the students to adjust to society, but which enables the student to challenge and to modify, and at times reject, if necessary, the received wisdom of his elders. Lyndon B. Johnson challengeseducationmean We cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people. Lyndon B. Johnson governmentpeoplefirsts We know that they cannot bear their share of the taxes to help pay for their education. And unless those children get a good education we know that they become dropouts and they become delinquents and they become taxeaters instead of taxpayers. We know that they will join the unemployed. That is why we put top priority on breaking the vicious cycle that today threatens the future of 5 million children in this great land of opportunity which we talk about so much. Lyndon B. Johnson educationopportunitychildren If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom asks more than it gives; and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored. Lyndon B. Johnson democracygivinghistory And Americans have always stood ready to pay the cost in energy and treasure which are needed to make those goals a reality. Lyndon B. Johnson goaleducationreality Faith builds, cynicism destroys. Lyndon B. Johnson cynicism If I could get one message to you it would be this: the future of this country and the welfare of the free world depends upon our success in space. There is no room in this country for any but a fully cooperative, urgently motivated all-out effort toward space leadership. No one person, no one company, no one government agency, has a monopoly on the competence, the missions, or the requirements for the space program. Lyndon B. Johnson agencyspacecountry I taught school in the early days of my manhood and I think I know something about mothers. There is a thread of aspiration that runs strong in them. It is the fiber that has formed the most unselfish creatures who inhabit this earth. They want three things only; for their children to be fed, to be healthy, and to make the most of themselves. Lyndon B. Johnson strongmotherrunning Mr. Speaker, at a time when the nation is again confronted with necessity for calling its young men into service in the interestsof National Security, I cannot see the wisdom of denying our young women the opportunity to serve their country. Lyndon B. Johnson womenopportunitycountry Not merely a nation but a nation of nations. Lyndon B. Johnson united-states-of-americanationsusa We live amid falling taboos. In our crowded little hour of history we have seen how the prejudice of religion no longer can bar the way to the White House. Some of you may live to see the day when the prejudice of sex no longer places the Presidency beyond the reach of a greatly gifted American lady. Long before them, I hope you will see a woman member of the Supreme Court of the United States. In Congress and in our State Legislatures we need more women to bring their sensitive experience to the shaping of our decisions. Lyndon B. Johnson womensexfall All of us realize that war requires action. What is sometimes harder for us to realize is that peace and neutrality also require action. Lyndon B. Johnson neutralitywarpeace How incredible it is that in this fragile existence we should hate and destroy one another. There are possibilities enough for all who will abandon mastery over others to pursue mastery over nature. There is world enough for all to seek their happiness in their own way. Lyndon B. Johnson masteryhateway
