Lyndon B. Johnson

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.

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These are some quotes by American author Lyndon B. Johnson President, who lived between August 27, 1908 and January 22, 1973.

Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.

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I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.

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