Lyndon Baines Johnson

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    I want to go back, like Ponce de Leon, to the Fountain.
    Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    I pray we are still a young and courageous nation, that we have not grown so old and so fat and so prosperous that all we can think about is to sit back with our arms around our money bags. If we choose to do that I have no doubt that the smoldering fires will burst into flame and consume us—dollars and all.
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.
    Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    A big family must be fun. I imagine it makes you feel you belong to something.
    —BarrĂ© Lyndon (1896–1972)

    Every President wants to do right.
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

    Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)