Johnson L citáty
Johnson L
Dátum narodenia: 27. august 1908
Dátum úmrtia: 22. január 1973
Lyndon Baines Johnson bol americký politik. Od roku 1961 bol viceprezident Spojených štátov. Po atentáte na prezidenta Kennedyho 22. novembra 1963 sa v rovnaký deň stal prezidentom. Po prezidentských voľbách v 1964 bol 36. prezident Spojených štátov.
Jeho prezidentská kariéra bola výrazne poznamenaná nepopulárnou Vietnamskou vojnou.
Citáty Johnson L
„Fuck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea“
— Lyndon B. Johnson
Context: Fuck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea. If these two fleas continue itching the elephant, they may just get whacked good... We pay a lot of good American dollars to the Greeks, Mr. Ambassador. If your Prime Minister gives me talk about democracy, parliament and constitution, he, his parliament and his constitution may not last long...
Comment to the Greek ambassador to Washington, Alexander Matsas, over the Cyprus issue in June 1964. As quoted in I Should Have Died (1977) by Philip Deane, pp. 113-114.
„Because it is not just Negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome.“
— Lyndon B. Johnson
Context: But even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over. What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and state of America. It is the effort of American Negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American life. What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and State of America. It is the effort of American Negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American life. Their cause must be our cause too. Because it is not just Negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome.
