#me

If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#doing #everything #may #men #sure

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. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#age #become #century #complex #defenseless

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

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. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#between #call #church #conscience #does

Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#dumb #fart #ford #gum #jerry

The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#evidence #fact #flaw #man #newspaper

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. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#conclude #equivalent #eyes #facts #female

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#had #i #know #name #poverty

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