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“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)
“The last thing I wanted to do was to be a ‘wartime’ President.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“This administration is going to be a compassionate administration. We believe in the Golden Rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“I told them I’m not going to let Vietnam go the way of China. I told them to go back and tell those generals in Saigon that Lyndon Johnson intends to stand by our word, but by God, I want something for my money. I want ‘em to get off their butts and get out in those jungles and whip hell out of some Communists. And then I want ‘em to leave me alone, because I’ve got some bigger things to do right here at home.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“The thing I would like to do most is to find somehow to bring peace to the world. It has eluded me.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“Then with no fiery throbbing pain,
No cold gradations of decay,
Death broke at once the vital chain,
And freed his soul the nearest way.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)