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Lyndon B. Johnson1908–1973

We cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.

Lyndon B. Johnson on democracy

Special message to Congress on the right to vote (1965)

Democracy Government

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If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’
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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but stand there and take it.
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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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More about democracy

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
?UnattributedOften credited to Benjamin Franklin
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons (11 November 1947), published in 206–07 The Official Report, House of Commons (5th Series), 11 November 1947, vol. 444, cc.

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