Lyndon Baines Johnson

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    “I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men—and closes its hearts to none.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “I know. That’s what makes us tough. Rich fellows come up and they die. Their kids ain’t no good and they die out. But we keepa comin’. We’re the people that live. They can’t wipe us out. They can’t lick us. We’ll go on forever, Pa, cause we’re the people.”
    —Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)