Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes About Society

Quotes about: Society

• 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 nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Life, Men, Society

  Address accepting Democratic presidential nomination, Atlantic City, N.J., 27 Aug. 1964

• The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goods than with the quantity of their goods.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Men, Society, Quality

• But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Destiny, Challenges, Society

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

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