Famous quotes containing the words lyndon baines johnson, baines johnson, lyndon baines, baines and/or johnson:
“If the American people don’t love me, their descendants will.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“If the American people don’t love me, their descendants will.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it—to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“Let observation with extensive view;
Survey mankind, from China to Peru;”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)