Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
It’s damn easy to get into a war, but damned harder to extricate yourself once you get in.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1908-1973, 36th President of the United States (Democrat, TX) Telephone Conversation with National Security Advisor, McGeorge Bundy, 1964
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The same sentiment has been attributed to Aristotle.
Lincoln was depressed when the Union had over 30,000 casualties in a two-week time.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by his initials LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, in office from 1963 to 1969. He served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963 and assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson was also a United States representative and later majority leader in the United States Senate. Johnson is one of only four people to have served, at various times, in all four federal elected positions.
