Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

American president

Lived from: 1908 - 1973

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 27 august 1908 Died: 22 january 1973

  • Son, in politics you've got to learn that overnight chicken shit can turn to chicken salad.
  • A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a sheet on his back and a mask on his face.
  • I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
  • The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
  • Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.
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  • I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
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  • Son, in politics you've got to learn that overnight chicken shit can turn to chicken salad.
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  • The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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  • You aren't learning anything when you're talking.
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  • A man without a vote is man without protection.
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  • A president's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.
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  • A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a sheet on his back and a mask on his face.
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  • As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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  • Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.
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  • Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.
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  • Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.
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  • For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground.
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  • Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we've already wasted fifteen minutes.
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  • I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
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  • I'm the only president you've got.
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  • If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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  • If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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  • If you're I politics and you can't tell when you walk into a room who's for you and who's against you, then you're in the wrong line of work.
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  • It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
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  • Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.
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What are the most famous quotes from Lyndon B. Johnson?

The two most famous quotes from Lyndon B. Johnson are:

  • "I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
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  • "Son, in politics you've got to learn that overnight chicken shit can turn to chicken salad."

When did Lyndon B. Johnson live?

Lyndon B. Johnson was born in 1908 and died in the year 1973.