For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - America)

I pray we are still a young and courageous nation, that we have not grown so old and so fat and so prosperous that all we can think about is to sit back with our arms around our money bags. If we choose to do that I have no doubt that the smoldering fires will burst into flame and consume us -- dollars and all. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - America)

We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Brotherhood)

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Churches)

It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Constitutions)

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Courage)

The noblest search is the search for excellence. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Excellence)

A man without a vote is man without protection. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Government)

The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of human failure. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Invention and Inventor)

Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Knowledge)

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Leaders and Leadership)

You aren't learning anything when you're talking. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Learning)

As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor? - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Neighbors)

We must open the doors of opportunity. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Opportunity)

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. - (Johnson, Lyndon B. - Peace)