Famous quotes containing the words lyndon baines johnson, baines johnson, lyndon baines, lyndon, baines and/or johnson:
“You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“The last thing I wanted to do was to be a ‘wartime’ President.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“That’s just the trouble, Sam Houston—it’s always my move. And damnit, I sometimes can’t tell whether I’m making the right move or not. Now take this Vietnam mess. How in the hell can anyone know for sure what’s right and what’s wrong, Sam?”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“All radio is dead. Which means that these tape recordings I’m making are for the sake of future history. If any.”
—Barré Lyndon (1896–1972)
“It is beautiful to remember that he passed away as he wished, in the saddle riding hard.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage,
Till pitying Nature signs the last release,
And bids afflicted worth retire to peace.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)