Lyndon B. Johnson

We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man.

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

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

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

We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it in the books of law.