Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don't want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything. Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes From Lyndon B. Johnson Every funeral may justly be considered as a summons to prepare for that state into which it shows us that we must some time enter; and the summons is more loud and piercing as the event of which it warns us is at less distance. To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; but to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack. Lyndon B. Johnson funeral distance sleep I am afraid, ... that health begins, after seventy, and often long before, to have a meaning different from that which it had at thirty. But it is culpable to murmur at the established order of the creation, as it is vain to oppose it. He that lives, must grow old; and he that would rather grow old than die, has God to thank for the infirmities of old age. Lyndon B. Johnson age order long As we maintain the vigil of peace, we must remember that justice is a vigil, too - a vigil we must keep in our own streets and schools and among the lives of all our people - so that those who died here on their native soil shall not have died in vain. Lyndon B. Johnson justice people school For every generation, there is a destiny. For some, history decides. For this generation, the choice must be our own. [...] Our destiny in the midst of change will rest on the unchanged Lyndon B. Johnson destiny character people If a single act of folly was more responsible for this explosion than any other it was the arbitrary and dangerous announced decision that the Straits of Tiran would be closed. The right of innocent, maritime passage must be preserved for all nations Lyndon B. Johnson decision would-be war The future holds little hope for any government where the present holds no hope for the people. Lyndon B. Johnson government littles people It will be controlled when the people of America, through their elected representatives, demand the right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear.. Lyndon B. Johnson air children people No nation in the world has had greater fortune than mine in sharing a continent with the people and the nation of Canada. Lyndon B. Johnson presidential people world We of the United States of America consider ourselves blessed. We have much to give thanks for. But the gift of providence that we really cherish is that we were given as our neighbors on this great, wonderful continent, the people and the nation of Canada. Lyndon B. Johnson blessed giving people I may not worry as much as Prime Minister Eshkol does about Israel, but I worry as deeply. Lyndon B. Johnson presidential israel worry 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. ... Most, if not all of you, have very deep ties with the land and with the people of Israel, as I do; for my Christian faith sprang from yours. The Bible stories are woven into my childhood memories as the gallant struggle of modem Jews to be free of persecution is also woven into our souls. Lyndon B. Johnson spiritual christian memories [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. Lyndon B. Johnson presidential united-states israel You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're talkin'. Lyndon B. Johnson inspirational-presidential presidential learning Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam. Lyndon B. Johnson boys war peace I'm willin' for any solution - religious, political. I'm not going to keep offerin' to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. It indicates a weakness on our part. Lyndon B. Johnson weakness political religious Liberty is not enough. Lyndon B. Johnson liberty enough The final conquest of poverty is within our grasp. Lyndon B. Johnson conquest poverty finals We can and should have an abundance of trails for walking, cycling, and horseback riding, in and close to our cities. In the backcountry we need to copy the great Appalachian Trail in all parts of America. Lyndon B. Johnson cycling cities should-have I cannot say and no man could say that no more will be asked of us. Lyndon B. Johnson men The Negro says, 'Now.' Others say, 'Never.' The voice of responsible Americans ... says, 'Together.' There is no other way. Lyndon B. Johnson
