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

I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'

— Lyndon B. Johnson

If we stand passively by while the center of each city becomes a hive of deprivation, crime and hopelessness…if we become two people, the suburban affluent and the urban poor, each filled with mistrust and fear for the other…then we shall effectively cripple each generation to come.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First let her think she's having her own way. And second let her have it.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. Furthermore, I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic.

— Lyndon B. Johnson