Lady Bird Johnson Quotes


When he is pierced, I bleed.


Context

She almost exactly quotes another First Lady {592549}. It is not certain whether or not she was familiar with the Abigail Adams quotation.


Citations

Claudia Johnson, 1912-2007, [Lady Bird], First Lady (Lyndon Baines Johnson), Diary reference to attacks on her husband, LBJ

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Linked Quotes

Congress had diminished Adams authority to deal with the French and sided with Benjamin Franklin and the French Foreign Minister. Mrs. Adams lobbied members of Congress. Years later First Lady Lady Bird Johnson would echo a similar sentiment. See {605230}.


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Lady Bird Johnson
  • Born: December 22, 1912
  • Died: July 11, 2007
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: First Lady

Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson was an American socialite and First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1969. She had previously served as the Second Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963.