Lyndon Baines Johnson

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    “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)

    “The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “We have not been fair with the Negro and his education. He has not had adequate or ample education to permit him to qualify for many jobs that are open to him.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “A big family must be fun. I imagine it makes you feel you belong to something.”
    —BarrĂ© Lyndon (1896–1972)

    “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’m folding up my little dreams
    Within my heart tonight,
    And praying I may soon forget
    The torture of their sight.”
    —Georgia Douglas Johnson (1886–1966)