More from Lyndon B. Johnson
- Often credited to Margaret Thatcher
It’s probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
On FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, as quoted in The New York Times (31 October 1971)
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Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have to ensure that right.
It’s probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.