The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman-and each nation-must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem. Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson More Quotes From Lyndon B. Johnson There is no excuse-and we should call a spade a spade-for chemical companies and oil refineries using our major rivers as pipelines for toxic waste. There is no excuse for communities to use other people's rivers as a dump for their raw sewage. Lyndon B. Johnson toxic-waste oil rivers This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty. Lyndon B. Johnson poverty unconditional-love war I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war. Lyndon B. Johnson tired night war Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin: "God has favored our undertaking." God will not favor everything that we do. It is rather our duty to divine His will. Lyndon B. Johnson pyramids latin america I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women. Lyndon B. Johnson policy favors want In 1838, Mirabeau B. Lamar, the Second President of the Republic of Texas and the Father of Texas education, declared: 'The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy. It is the only dictator that free man acknowledges. It is the only security that free man desires.' Lyndon B. Johnson education men father It is a truism that education is no longer a luxury. Education in this day and age is a necessity. Lyndon B. Johnson luxury money education There can no longer be anyone too poor to vote. Lyndon B. Johnson vote voting poor So here is the Great Society. It's the time - and it's going to be soon - when nobody in this country is poor. Lyndon B. Johnson economy poor country 'Human history, ' H.G. Wells once wrote, 'becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.' You and I cannot be indifferent to the outcome of that race. We care deeply about the winner. Because we do care so deeply about the winner, that is why we are all in the East Room of the White House today. Lyndon B. Johnson race white education For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty. Lyndon B. Johnson conquer poverty firsts Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance. Lyndon B. Johnson ignorance book ideas Law is the great civilizing machinery. It liberates the desire to build and subdues the desire to destroy. Lyndon B. Johnson machinery law desire The law cannot save those who deny it but neither can the law serve any who do not use it. The history of injustice and inequality is a history of disuse of the law. Lyndon B. Johnson injustice use law It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed. Lyndon B. Johnson jobs people thinking We do not want an expanding struggle with consequences, that no one can perceive, nor will we bluster or bully or flaunt our power, but we will not surrender and we will not retreat, for Lyndon B. Johnson determination believe lying Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation. Lyndon B. Johnson vietnam aggression numbers The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty. Lyndon B. Johnson moon use country I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam. Lyndon B. Johnson vietnam fighting believe The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands. Lyndon B. Johnson demand matter men
