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A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a sheet on his back and mask on his face. They are both more or less what the law declares them: lawbreakers,

A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a sheet on his back and mask on his face. They are both more or less what the law declares them: lawbreakers, destroyers of constitutional rights and liberties and ultimately destroyers of a free America.

Lyndon B. Johnson
Friends, Freedom, War
Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.898, Best Books on

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.

Lyndon B. Johnson
Peace, War, Gun
Johnson, Lyndon B. (1966). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965”, p.398, Best Books on

In modern warfare there are no victors; there are only survivors.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, Survivor, Modern

The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man feels safe on his streets and in the house of his friends. It should be a place where each individual's dignity and self-respect is strengthened by the respect and affection of his neighbors. It should be a place where each of us can find the satisfaction and warmth which comes from being a member of the community of man. This is what man sought at the dawn of civilization. It is what we seek today.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, Men, Cities
Johnson, Lyndon B. (1966). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965”, p.240, Best Books on

Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective - taking over the South by force - could not be achieved.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, Enemy, Vietnam
On Vietnam and Not Seeking Reelection, delivered 31 March 1968

We don't propose to sit here in our rocking chair with our hands folded and let the Communists set up any government in the Western Hemisphere.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, Government, Hands
Remarks to the 10th National Legislative Conference, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. May 03, 1965.

The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, History, Political

This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, America, Tomorrow

We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it--to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.

Lyndon B. Johnson
Country, War, Adversity

I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, Tired, Night

I wake up 5 a.m. some mornings and hear the planes coming in at National Airport and I think they are bombing me.

Lyndon B. Johnson
Peace, Morning, War

Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam.

Lyndon B. Johnson
Peace, War, Boys

All of us realize that war requires action. What is sometimes harder for us to realize is that peace and neutrality also require action.

Lyndon B. Johnson
Peace, War, Neutrality

War is always the same. It is young men dying in the fullness of their promise. It is trying to kill a man that you do not even know well enough to hate. Therefore, to know war is to know that there is still madness in the world.

Lyndon B. Johnson
Peace, Hate, War
Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.12, Best Books on

We Americans know - although others appear to forget - the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, Risk, Conflict
Broadcast speech, 4 Aug. 1964

If a single act of folly was more responsible for this explosion than any other it was the arbitrary and dangerous announced decision that the Straits of Tiran would be closed. The right of innocent, maritime passage must be preserved for all nations

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, Decision, Would Be

This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, Unconditional Love, Poverty

We do this in order to slow down aggression. We do this to increase the confidence of the brave people of South Vietnam who have bravely born this brutal battle for so many years with so many casualties. And we do this to convince the leaders of North Vietnam-and all who seek to share their conquest-of a simple fact: We will not be defeated. We will not grow tired. We will not withdraw either openly or under the cloak of a meaningless agreement.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, Tired, Simple

In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war; we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint.

Lyndon B. Johnson
Life, Peace, War
Let Us Continue, delivered 27 November 1963

Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, Crime, Organized

We still seek no wider war.

Lyndon B. Johnson
War, Vietnam War, Stills
Broadcast speech, 4 Aug. 1964

This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.

Lyndon B. Johnson
Military, War, Struggle
Johnson, Lyndon B. (1965). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964”, p.931, Best Books on

Men who have worked together to reach the stars are not likely to descend together into the depths of war and desolation.

Lyndon B. Johnson
Stars, War, Future
Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.668, Best Books on