521 Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

We of the United States consider ourselves blessed. We have much to give thanks for. But the gift of providence we cherish most is that we were given as our neighbors on this wonderful continent the people and the nation of Canada.

So here is the Great Society. It's the time - and it's going to be soon - when nobody in this country is poor.

Any man who's not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.

This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.

...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.

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.

The best fertilizer for a piece of land is the footprints of its owner.

Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.

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.