Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
These are the stakes. To make a world in which all of God’s children can live, or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die
This famous ad showed a young girl removing petals from a daisy which then transitions into a nuclear explosion. It is often considered to be the most effective political TV commercial ever produced. One of the reasons it was so effective is that although the Democrats only ran the ad once, it was repeatedly played on television news and analysis shows and is a much studied and discussed approach. The ad was produced by Tony Schwartz.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1908-1973, 36th President of the United States (Democrat, TX), Statement in the background of the famous “Daisy” TV Advertisement, 1964
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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.
