Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

Quote by Lyndon B Johnson

Topics: Presidency Quotes

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion...

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...

A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what...

A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what...

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

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

I believe, with abiding conviction, that this people-nurtured by their deep faith, tutored by their...

I believe, with abiding conviction, that this people-nurtured by their deep faith, tutored by their...

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than...

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than...

In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that...

In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that...

On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On...

On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On...

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be...

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be...

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be...

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be...

But you know, its not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, its...

But you know, its not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, its...

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your...

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your...

No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by...

No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by...

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed...

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed...

Preserve the President's options. He may need them.

Preserve the President's options. He may need them.

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in...

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in...

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot...

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot...

Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning...

Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning...

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your...

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your...