Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Thomas Jefferson called his days in the Presidency \a splendid misery\"--and sometimes I agree.

Remarks at the Signing of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966

09/22/1966

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

I am asking for your very best effort.

I have said I believe in the tight fist and the open mind--a tight fist with money and an open mind to the needs of America.

We are always ready to look for a better or easier path, but we intend to climb to the summit.

It is a question of moving ahead with the times, and it is a question of vision and persistence.