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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Theres a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think...

Theres a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think...

Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.

Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest...

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest...

As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad...

As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad...

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn

After the government takes enough to balance the budget, the taxpayer has the job of...

After the government takes enough to balance the budget, the taxpayer has the job of...

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

The tax collector must love poor people - he's creating so many of them

The tax collector must love poor people - he's creating so many of them

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

The fundamental class division in any society is not between rich and poor, or between...

The fundamental class division in any society is not between rich and poor, or between...

I dont know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere...

I dont know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere...

Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past...

Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past...

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.