Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.””

“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.””

“The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.””

“We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.””

“[T]he vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.””

“A man without a vote is a man without protection.””

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

“I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.””