Lyndon Baines Johnson quotes and words of wisdom

"If two men agree on everything, you can be sure one of them is doing the thinking."
Found in the topic Agreement.

"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."
Found in the topic Benefit.

"If we must disagree, let"s disagree without being disagreeable."
Found in the topic Disagree.

"I"d rather give my life than be afraid to give it."
Found in the topic Courage.

"Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time."
Found in the topic Peace.

"We often say how impressive power is. But I do not find it impressive at all. The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. They are necessary symbols. They protect what we cherish."
Found in the topic Power.

"While you"re saving your face, you"re losing your ass."
Found in the topic Ass.

"In 1790, the nation which had fought taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren"t much happier about taxation with representation."
Found in the topic Tax.

"Any jackass can kick down a barn but it takes a good carpenter to build one."
Found in the topic Ability.

"What convinces is conviction."
Found in the topic Conviction.

"This nation, this generation, in this hour has man"s first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man"s life matches the marvels of man"s labor."
Found in the topic Gravity.

"To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all."
Found in the topic Humor.

"Poverty has many roots, but the tap root is ignorance."
Found in the topic Potential.

Interesting Quotes

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.Mahatma Gandhi - Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.Ernest Hemingway - US author & journalist (1899 - 1961)