Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
The needs of the many cannot be met by the party of the few.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1908-1973, 36th President of the United States (Democrat, TX), Acceptance Speech, Democratic National Convention, 1964
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His use of the noun “Democracy” refers not to a form of government but the specific institution of the Democratic Party. Smith, like many of the Founding Fathers was deeply suspicious of political parties. See also {614907}. Smith had written to most of the then likely Presidential candidates of both major parties asking for their position on the Mormons who were facing persecution wherever they went. None of the politicians would make any satisfactory commitments. Smith took Direct Action and became the only major religious official to have run for the Presidency of the United States until Pat Robertson tried and failed in 2000. Smith’s assassination shortly thereafter cut his run for the Presidency short before it made much headway and politically he had no chance to affect the race.
“Factions” was the word for political parties then.
Jefferson opposed all monopolies. Madison opposed most but would allow some. They were particularly concerned with monopolies that were created by the government—such as an exclusive franchise to run a ferry service between two points.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by his initials LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, in office from 1963 to 1969. He served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963 and assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson was also a United States representative and later majority leader in the United States Senate. Johnson is one of only four people to have served, at various times, in all four federal elected positions.
