Lyndon B. Johnson

America has not always been kind to its artists and scholars. Somehow the scientists always seem to get the penthouse while the arts and humanities get the basement.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.

Lyndon B. Johnson

As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?

Lyndon B. Johnson

At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems – the answer for all the problems of the world – come to a single word. That word is ‘education.’

Lyndon B. Johnson

At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man’s unending search for freedom.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Better to have him inside the tent p*ssing out, than outside the tent p*ssing in.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Come now. let us reason together.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Control of space means control of the world.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.

Lyndon B. Johnson