#ss

The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#business #cia #families #family #into

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

Well, we are very glad that Russia is so close with NATO. ↗

— Aleksander Kwasniewski

#glad #nato #russia #very #well

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#caught #got #hail #i #jackass

Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#having #her #keep #necessary #only

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#communication #confidence #error #establish #i

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

Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#bases #conquest #domination #empire #forceful

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#destiny #enduring #for the people #found #god

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

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#fear #feared #ike #me #russians