521 Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.

Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t fart and chew gum at the same time.

There’s America, there’s the South, and then there’s Mississippi.

Whoever won’t fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there.

Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I’m going to Viet Nam’s aid!

At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems – the answer for all the problems of the world – come to a single word. That word is “education.”

He’s a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off.

I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That’s the way our system works.

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don’t think the press has understood me.