"Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me."
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Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, served from 1963 to 1969 following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Born on August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas, Johnson rose from humble beginnings to become a powerful political force, championing civil rights and social welfare through his "Great Society" initiatives. His legacy is marked by significant legislation aimed at eradicating poverty and promoting education, though his presidency was also overshadowed by the Vietnam War. Johnson's complex character and transformative leadership continue to resonate in American politics today. For more details, visit [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson).
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"The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure."
Lyndon B. Johnson"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."
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"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."
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"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"If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking."
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"Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it."
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"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"We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it in the books of law."
Lyndon B. Johnson"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."
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