If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their plaintive stories; for pity presupposes sympathy, and a little attention will show them, that those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.
Lyndon B. JohnsonHe's got great vision. If he can get outside, he can take it all the way. That's what we were worried about.
Lyndon B. JohnsonI believe that the country weekly acts as a form of social cement in holding the community together.
Lyndon B. JohnsonWhen a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.
Lyndon B. JohnsonThere is no Constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong - deadly wrong - to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country. There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
Lyndon B. Johnson