#ill

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#benefits #cause #convey #examine #harms

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#argument #believe #brilliant #case #chain

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. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#common #common faith #democratic #faith #freedom

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#anybody #being #felt #hasn #held

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#accordingly #another #distrust #i #lost

I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#am #better #better world #building #concerned

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. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#abroad #achieve #america #being #better

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#because #escalation #increased #mindless #numbers

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

#dead #drop #i #johnson #still

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#attention #better #call #chew #gone