Lyndon Baines Johnson

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    “I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “The American West is just arriving at the threshold of its greatness and growth. Where the West of yesterday is glamorized in our fiction, the future of the American West now is both fabulous and factual.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “All radio is dead. Which means that these tape recordings I’m making are for the sake of future history. If any.”
    —BarrĂ© Lyndon (1896–1972)

    “Mr. Speaker, at a time when the nation is again confronted with necessity for calling its young men into service in the interests of National Security, I cannot see the wisdom of denying our young women the opportunity to serve their country.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    “I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him. You have no business with consequences; you are to tell the truth.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)