We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. Lyndon B. Johnson on society
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 on society
The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being. Lyndon B. Johnson on strength
I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America. Lyndon B. Johnson on strength
The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America. Lyndon B. Johnson on strength
Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam. Lyndon B. Johnson on success
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 on technology
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. Lyndon B. Johnson on time
This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty. Lyndon B. Johnson on war
I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war. Lyndon B. Johnson on war
This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you. Lyndon B. Johnson on war
To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts. Lyndon B. Johnson on women
I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women. Lyndon B. Johnson on women
There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous. Lyndon B. Johnson on work
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. Lyndon B. Johnson on journey
We have seen too much success to have become obsessed with failure. Lyndon B. Johnson on success