Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I dont think the press has understood me.

The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty.

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it in the books of law.

We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man.

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: President Cant Swim.

You arent learning anything when youre talking.

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

Jerry Ford is so dumb he cant fart and chew gum at the same time.

I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women.

To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts.

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and Gods.

The Russians feared Ike. They didnt fear me.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep ones wife happy. First, let her think shes having her own way. And second, let her have it.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. Theres nothing to do but to stand there and take it.