119 ordspråk av Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word - voluntary
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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better
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If you got 'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow
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If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don't keep her in the living room
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If you let a bully come in your front yard, he'll be on your porch the next day and the day after that he'll rape your wife in your own bed.
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If you're I politics and you can't tell when you walk into a room who's for you and who's against you, then you're in the wrong line of work.
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In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with representation
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In our home there was always prayer-aloud, proud and unapologetic.
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It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I'm a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can't be too small to suit me.
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It is the common failing of totalitarian regimes that they cannot really understand the nature of our democracy. They mistake dissent for disloyalty. They mistake restlessness for a rejection of policy. They mistake a few committees for a country. They misjudge individual speeches for public policy.
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It may be, it just may be, that life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have thought.
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It should be a place where each individual's dignity and self-respect is strengthened by the respect and affection of his neighbors. It should be a place where each of us can find the satisfaction and warmth which comes from being a member of the community of man. This is what man sought at the dawn of civilization. It is what we seek today.
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It's probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.
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