Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• 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.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Money, Men, White Man

• This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Destiny, People, Giving

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.841, Best Books on

• Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Giving, Given, Great Responsibility

  On Vietnam and Not Seeking Reelection, delivered 31 March 1968

• In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. Most of our qualified teachers are underpaid, and many of our paid teachers are unqualified. So we must give every child a place to sit and a teacher to learn from. Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Education, Teacher, Children

  The Great Society, delivered 22 May 1964, Ann Arbor, MI

• He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his own heart such an account as will give him satisfaction.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Heart, Giving, Age

• We of the United States of America consider ourselves blessed. We have much to give thanks for. But the gift of providence that we really cherish is that we were given as our neighbors on this great, wonderful continent, the people and the nation of Canada.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Blessed, People, Giving

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967".

• If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom asks more than it gives; and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  History, Giving, Democracy

  Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1965

• If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word-voluntary.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  America, Giving, May

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

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Life, Courage, Fear

• You never want to give a man a present when he's feeling good. You want to do it when he's down.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Men, Giving, Feel Good

• 'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Clever

  Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise, March 15, 1965.

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