Richard J. Foster Quotes


Any jackass can kick down a barn but it takes a good carpenter to build one. Lyndon B. Johnson Barn 287
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: President Can't Swim. Lyndon B. Johnson History 197
Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact. Lyndon B. Johnson Education 161
The atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation which controls the sky. Lyndon B. Johnson Atomic 146
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. Lyndon B. Johnson Big 139
A man without a vote is man without protection. Lyndon B. Johnson Government 124
There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves. Lyndon B. Johnson Unity 122
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. Lyndon B. Johnson Peace 119
Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty. Lyndon B. Johnson Bar 113
We must open the doors of opportunity. Lyndon B. Johnson Opportunity 101
Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity. Lyndon B. Johnson Education 94
I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women. Lyndon B. Johnson Women 92
The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character. Lyndon B. Johnson Character 92
The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. Lyndon B. Johnson Bombs 90
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 Faith 86
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 Society 86
I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it. Lyndon B. Johnson Big 84
Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else. Lyndon B. Johnson Economy 83
The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty. Lyndon B. Johnson Space 82
Freedom is not enough. Lyndon B. Johnson Enough 82
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 Technology 82
You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. Lyndon B. Johnson Administered 81
This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty. Lyndon B. Johnson War 78
A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a sheet on his back and a mask on his face. Lyndon B. Johnson Tyranny 78
The exercise of power in this century has meant for all of us in the United States not arrogance, but agony. Lyndon B. Johnson Power 78
The noblest search is the search for excellence. Lyndon B. Johnson Excellence 77
If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better. Lyndon B. Johnson Peace 76
What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president. Lyndon B. Johnson Politics 74
We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way. Lyndon B. Johnson Unity 74
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. Lyndon B. Johnson Politics 74
I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam. Lyndon B. Johnson Society 73
Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good. Lyndon B. Johnson History 72
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 Work 71
I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for. Lyndon B. Johnson Prophecy 71
We dont propose to sit here in our rocking chair with our hands folded and let the Communists set up any government in the Western Hemisphere. Lyndon B. Johnson 70
Every man should know that his conversations, his correspondence, and his personal life are private. I have urged Congressexcept when the Nations security is at staketo take action to that end. Lyndon B. Johnson 70
There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility. Lyndon B. Johnson Cheaply 69
We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood. Lyndon B. Johnson Fellowship 69
The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of human failure. Lyndon B. Johnson Inventing 69
There can no longer be anyone too poor to vote. Lyndon B. Johnson Voting 68
As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor? Lyndon B. Johnson Neighbors 68
A book is the most effective weapon against intolerance and ignorance. Lyndon B. Johnson Uncategorized 67
When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor. Lyndon B. Johnson Burdens 67
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. Lyndon B. Johnson Positive 66
We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else. Lyndon B. Johnson Choose 66
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 Prayer 65
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 Society 62
For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground. Lyndon B. Johnson America 60
Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store. Lyndon B. Johnson Babies 59
Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad. Lyndon B. Johnson Knowledge 58

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