Political Quotes

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)
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Aug 28, 1965

We ask nothing for ourselves that we do not also ask for all of humanity.

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Aug 26, 1965

I hope when we meet here again that we'll have more trees and more flowers here on this somewhat rather sacred spot.

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Aug 26, 1965

I have heard a lot of talk during my 35 years in public life about the power of the press, and particularly the power of Life, Time, Fortune, and a few other publications associated with you.

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Aug 25, 1965

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by Executive Orders No…

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Aug 24, 1965

No, I think that our operations have been up to our expectations.

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Aug 24, 1965

The people of the District of Columbia, I think deserve and I think must and will have home rule.

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Aug 24, 1965

Yes, sir. We have detailed action planned that we worked on until late in the evening last night.

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Aug 24, 1965

I thank you sincerely for your help in this most vital area of our foreign policy.

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Aug 24, 1965

Yes, I think that the steel situation is on almost every citizen's mind in this country.

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Aug 24, 1965

I believe that it should be acted on before the Congress gets out of here.

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Aug 23, 1965

Thurgood Marshall symbolizes what is best about our American society: the belief that human rights must be satisfied through the orderly processes of law.

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Aug 23, 1965

They are calling human beings together in a hundred ways to cope with the problems of the city and the village life.

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Aug 23, 1965

Thurgood Marshall is the first Negro in the history of the United States ever to become the Solicitor General.

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Aug 23, 1965

Today, under the rather dynamic, personable, and I think very farsighted leadership of Sargent Shriver, and the very unusual, highly qualified people that he has brought to his vicinity, 12,500 Americans are part of the Peace Corps.

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Aug 23, 1965

The Government's paramount interest 'is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done.'

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Aug 23, 1965

God grant us all an end to violence and a renewed commitment to human brotherhood.

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Aug 23, 1965

I hope that you will come in and pay your respects before you leave the Rose Garden.

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Aug 23, 1965

It is really difficult to remember that it was 5 years ago that it was only an idea in the minds of a very few thoughtful men.

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Aug 23, 1965

Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.

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Aug 23, 1965

No one who knew him thought that he would say 'no' when a new and an even more compelling challenge was presented to him by his President.

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Aug 22, 1965

We labor towards the day when the cause of brotherhood may prevail, and the violence that sometimes scars the face of America may be ended.

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