Lyndon B. Johnson

Poverty has many roots, but the tap root is ignorance.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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

Lyndon B. Johnson

Reporters are like puppets. They simply respond to the pull of the most powerful strings.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear.

Lyndon B. Johnson

There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.

Lyndon B. Johnson

There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.

Lyndon B. Johnson

There’s something special for everyone to do. Remember, no experience is a bad experience unless you gain nothing from it.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Today our problem is not making miracles, but managing them.

Lyndon B. Johnson

We Americans know – although others appear to forget – the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war.

Lyndon B. Johnson

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

Lyndon B. Johnson