Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes

In the tough and dangerous world in which we live a President must always say what he means and mean what he says.

An important quality for a President of the United States is to make decisions and live with the consequences of them

We need to have some people fired for reasons of public trust.

There was one director who crossed the line. I scolded him so much that he later never tried anything.

Congressmember Weiner has shown just a pattern of reckless behavior, an inability to tell the truth, and what New Yorkers deserve is a mayor with a record of delivering for them, of vision, and a level of maturity and responsibility.

You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that.

I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.

There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.

No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.

It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions.

When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.

Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets.

I honored my commitments, and as president, I will honor every commitment that I make to the men and women of this country.

In the first rule of politics, you know, Harry Truman, the buck stops here. Take responsibility. What I've learned over the years is that people will give people in politics a lot of rope if they just take responsibility.

You who choose to lead must follow. But if you fall, you fall alone.

I have to give him and I have to have 100 percent of his confidence…. If I do not have his confidence, someone else should be chief of staff.

We must have a clean role model at the top. Clearly this has not been the case.

I want to say again to the American people how profoundly sorry I am for what I said and did to trigger these events and the great burden they have imposed on the Congress and the American people.

It's one thing to make the speeches. It's another to make the tough decisions.

The President is the ultimate role model.

This entire administration has been a disgrace from the very beginning to everyone who has had any thing to do with bring it to power. I take my full share of the … shame myself. I can atone for what I have done no otherwise than in refusing to be instrumental in continuing it.

I have the ablest staff that ever served any President in my memory. There's not a playboy among them. They aren't sitting around drinking whiskey at 11 o'clock at night. They aren't walking around with their zippers unbuttoned.

A necessary act incurs no blame.