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QuoteWorld :: Government :: Lyndon Baines Johnson
Quotes by Lyndon Baines Johnson in Government category:
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"It is the common failing of totalitarian regimes that they cannot really understand the nature of our democracy. They mistake dissent for disloyalty. They mistake restlessness for a rejection of policy. They mistake a few committees for a country. They misjudge individual speeches for public policy." (Answering North Vietnamese charge that US could not endure)" 5.0000 average rating  
"I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women." (On appointing 10 women to top government positions)" 4.0000 average rating  
"A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children." 5.0000 average rating  
"Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact." 3.5000 average rating