Lyndon B. Johnson

The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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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. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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This is a moment that I deeply wish my parents could have lived to share. My father would have enjoyed what you have so generously said of me-and my mother would have believed it. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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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. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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