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

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.

Every citizen will be able, in his productive years when he is earning, to insure himself against the ravages of illness in his old age.

But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.

It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and always gaining

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

Peace does not come just because we wish for it. Peace must be fought for. It must be built stone by stone.