Lyndon Baines Johnson

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    “I shall not seek and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “I am persuaded that the people of the world have no grievances, one against the other. The hopes and desires of a man who tills the soil are about the same whether he lives on the banks of the Colorado or on the banks of the Danube.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “A President Roosevelt comes only once in a century. I believe God knew and does know of the need of the world at this moment. I don’t believe President Roosevelt is an accident in time, or that it is an accident that he is President for a third time. I believe that Franklin D. Roosevelt truly is the voice of liberty in the world.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “Britain is mighty wobbly. It started late, because it dawdled, appeased, waited for something to turn up.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “Long-expected one and twenty
    Ling’ring year at last is flown,
    Pomp and pleasure, pride and plenty,
    Great Sir John, are all your own.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)