101 quotes
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.
I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy.
The American Promise (1965)
I signed this measure with a deep sense of pride that the United States is an open society in which the people's right to know is cherished and guarded.
Statement on the Freedom of Information Act (1966)
And I just want to tell you this — we're in favor of a lot of things and we're against mighty few.
Campaign statement (1964)
These are the stakes! To make a world in which all of God's children can live, or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die.
This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through radioactive materials and a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.
The Constitution says that no person shall be kept from voting because of his race or his color.
The American Promise (1965)
Our enemies have always made the same mistake.
Inaugural address (1965)
Your Government seeks to be not a dictator but a moderator--not a master planner but a faithful public servant--not an agent for your control but a vehicle for your freedom.
Businessmen luncheon (1964)
For so long as man has lived on this earth poverty has been his curse. On every continent in every age men have sought escape from poverty's oppression.
Economic Opportunity Act (1964)
I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.
Sam, why don't you all let this nigger bill pass?
Throughout my entire public career I have followed the personal philosophy that I am a free man, an American, a public servant, and a member of my party, in that order always and only.
Televised speech declining re-nomination (1968)
Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our Nation whole.
Civil Rights Bill signing speech (1964)
There is no cause to doubt the American commitment. Our decision to stand firm has been matched by our desire for peace.
State of the Union Address (1966)
The purposeful many need not and will not bow to the willful few.
Special message to Congress on the right to vote (1965)
If the circumstances make it such that you can't fuck a man in the ass, then just peckerslap him. Better to let him know who's in charge than to let him get the keys to the car.
Make no mistake about it ... We are going to win.
Of those to whom much is given, much is asked. I cannot say and no man could say that no more will be asked of us.
Televised speech declining re-nomination (1968)
The American people and all the world can rest assured that we have taken every step that man can devise to insure that neither a madman nor a malfunction could ever trigger nuclear war.
Control of Nuclear Weapons (1964)