Lyndon Johnson

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    “You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “The two-party system has given this country the war of Lyndon Johnson, the Watergate of Nixon, and the incompetence of Carter. Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life-rafts.”
    —Eugene J. McCarthy (b. 1916)

    “Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)