521 Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

We cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

A clear stream, a long horizon, a forest wilderness and open sky - these are man's most ancient possessions. In a modern society, they are his most priceless.

So far are we generally from thinking what we often say of the shortness of life, that at the time when it is necessarily shortest we form projects which we delay to execute, indulge such expectations as nothing but along train of events can gratify, and suffer those passions to gain upon us which are only excusable in the prime of life.

[E]very man, everywhere, should be free to develop his talents to their full potential - unhampered by arbitrary barriers of race or birth or income.

Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the rule of law.

I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.

If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don't keep her in the living room.

It is a truism that education is no longer a luxury. Education in this day and age is a necessity.