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Lyndon Johnson

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Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Texas and began his political career as a U.S. Representative in 1937, later becoming a U.S. Senator in 1949. Johnson ascended to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and his administration is noted for significant domestic policies, including the Great Society programs aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice. His legislative achievements included the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid.

Quotes by year · 196319698,890 total · peak 1966 (3339)
1963: 81 quotes1964: 2,112 quotes1965: 1,508 quotes1966: 3,339 quotes1967: 1,095 quotes1968: 750 quotes1969: 5 quotes
Mar 26, 1968

From now on, all of our Federal juries in this country will be, in the language of the law, 'selected at random from a fair cross section of the community.'

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Mar 26, 1968

I am shocked to even think that the boys I put on the plane at the 82d Airborne--most of whom were Negro boys going back to Vietnam the second time to protect that flag and to preserve our freedom--that they can't live near the base where…

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Mar 26, 1968

We must protect every citizen of this land in the exercise of his civil rights.

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Mar 26, 1968

You were very wise, I think, in scrapping the old title--the Grand Old Party.

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Mar 24, 1968

Every day there seem to be more and more people who are running around the country trying to figure out a way to keep me down on the farm.

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Mar 24, 1968

With your help and with God's help, we will get somebody to listen to this advice.

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Mar 24, 1968

It has been my experience as a rancher that this advice is not always heeded.

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Mar 24, 1968

Secretary Rusk is having a meeting with some wise men in the next room.

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Mar 21, 1968

I would hope that the American people and their candidates for public office can discuss the issues with those people factually in an atmosphere where people can deliberate and make a decision based on what is best for their country.

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Mar 21, 1968

The strategy and the tactical operations have nothing to do with the appointments as such.

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Mar 21, 1968

I am asking Mr. Wilbur Cohen to be my new Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

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Mar 21, 1968

Nothing can do more to instill hope and lessen despair for many of our citizens than good housing.

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Mar 21, 1968

July 2. That successor post specifically doesn't require Senate confirmation.

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Mar 21, 1968

July 2, 1968, is when I would anticipate his taking over the duties of Chief of Staff.

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Mar 20, 1968

The bill that we will sign this morning will cost the taxpayer nothing, yet we think that it will enrich America forever.

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Mar 20, 1968

He did not crack the will of the citizens of the Hang Xang District in Saigon, who fought the Vietcong with sticks, or the nurses near Baria, who hid a Korean medical team while the enemy occupied their hospital for more than 30 hours.

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Mar 20, 1968

Their will did not, as expected, break under the fire. Neither shall ours break under frustration.

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Mar 20, 1968

We assure that more of our beautiful country is going to remain forever wild, remain just as the first American saw it, just as God made it.

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Mar 20, 1968

In the last few years--with the help of a conservation-minded Congress and leaders of public thought in this country and public life and private life--we have been able to put 32 seashores, lakeshores, and parks near our large metropolitan…

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