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| Lyndon B. Johnson -- Quote #1 |
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
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| Lyndon B. Johnson -- Quote #2 |
When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
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| Lyndon B. Johnson -- Quote #3 |
I won't have you electioneering on my doorstep. Every time you get in trouble in Parliament you run over here with your shirttail hanging out. (To Prime Minister Harold Wilson) -- Lyndon B. Johnson
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| Lyndon B. Johnson -- Quote #4 |
Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
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| Lyndon B. Johnson -- Quote #5 |
If you let a bully come in your front yard, he'll be on your porch the next day and the day after that he'll rape your wife in your own bed. (On appeasement) -- Lyndon B. Johnson
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| Lyndon B. Johnson -- Quote #6 |
I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
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| Lyndon B. Johnson -- Quote #7 |
The Negro says, 'Now.' Others say, 'Never.' The voice of responsible Americans ... says, 'Together.' There is no other way. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
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| Lyndon B. Johnson -- Quote #8 |
Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
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| Lyndon B. Johnson -- Quote #9 |
I greet you as the shapers of American society. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
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| Lyndon B. Johnson -- Quote #10 |
There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this Deny your responsibility. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
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