Lyndon Baines Johnson

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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.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You’ve got to just stand there and take it.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “After all that men could do had failed, the Martians were destroyed and humanity was saved by the littlest things which God in his wisdom had put upon this Earth.”
    —BarrĂ© Lyndon (1896–1972)

    “Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the House, Members of the Senate, my fellow Americans, all I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)