Famous quotes containing the words lyndon baines johnson, baines johnson, lyndon baines, lyndon, baines and/or johnson:
“Whoever won’t fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“Whoever won’t fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there.”
—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)
“This I do know and can say to you: Our country is in more danger now than at any time since the Declaration of Independence. We don’t dare follow the Lindberghs, Wheelers and Nyes, casting suspicion, sowing discord around the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt. We don’t want revolution among ourselves.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)