Lyndon B. Johnson

I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get "something." That's the way our system works.

I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get "something." That's the way our system works.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter read more

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.

A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what is right

A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what is right

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having read more

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.