Lyndon B. Johnson US President

Gender: Male
Citizenship: United States
Born: Aug 27, 1908
Died: Jan 22, 1973

Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States, a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President. Johnson, a Democrat from Texas, served as a United States Representative from 1937 to 1949 and as a United States Senator from 1949 to 1961, including six years as Senate Majority Leader, two as Senate Minority Leader and two as Senate Majority Whip. He campaigned unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in 1960, but ran as Vice President with John F. Kennedy heading the ticket for the 1960 presidential election. After their election, Johnson succeeded Kennedy following the latter's assassination on November 22, 1963; he completed Kennedy's term and was elected President in his own right in the 1964 election, winning by a large margin over Barry Goldwater. He is one of four people who served in both offices of the executive branch as well as both houses of Congress.

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. peace & time

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves. home

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day. politics

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

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. war

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

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

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity. education

The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance. freedom

The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business. business & family

The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me. fear & history

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

I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women. women

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty. learning

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. politics

You aren't learning anything when you're talking. learning

We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. society

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. society & women

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. failure

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's. best & God

This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you. war

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

Freedom is not enough. freedom

This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty. war