Lyndon Quotes

You've got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you've got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote. - Lyndon B. Johnson

You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy. - Lyndon B. Johnson

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

You aren't learning anything when you're talking. - Lyndon B. Johnson

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. - Lyndon B. Johnson

Whoever won't fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there. - Lyndon B. Johnson

Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel. - Lyndon B. Johnson

Where legitimate opportunities are closed, illegitimate opportunities are seized. Whatever opens opportunity and hope will help to prevent crime and foster responsibility. - Lyndon B. Johnson