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Great Society Quotes

Quotes on Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and what came after.

These quotes trace the Great Society back to Lyndon Johnson, described here as an insecure man who nonetheless pursued sweeping progress after his 1964 election win.

Lyndon Johnson, his 44-state landslide in 1964 and Great Society notwithstanding, was by 1968 a failed president being repudiated in the primaries of his own party.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

Lyndon Johnson was a profoundly insecure man who feared dissent and craved reassurance. In 1964 and 1965, Johnson's principal goals were to win the presidency in his own right and to pass his Great Society legislation through Congress.

Quotes by H. R. McMaster

I was a Great Society liberal on domestic issues. People ask me, 'How do you go from Walter Mondale to Fox News?' The answer is, 'I was young once.' End of answer.

Quotes by Charles Krauthammer

65 immigration acts went through right at the time of the Great Society program. So pre-1970 immigrants - and that's basically when it kicked in - pre-1970 immigrants, 30% went home. They couldn't make it.

Quotes by Ann Coulter

Culture Quotes

But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success.

Quotes by Alphonso Jackson

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is most associated with the Great Society in these quotes?
Lyndon Johnson. One quote describes him as an insecure man who nonetheless pushed the Great Society agenda after winning the presidency in 1964.
Was the Great Society still popular by the end of Johnson's presidency?
Not according to one quote, which says that by 1968, despite his earlier landslide win, Johnson was being rejected within his own party's primaries.
Did the Great Society shape anyone's political identity personally?
Yes, one speaker calls themselves a Great Society liberal on domestic issues, before later describing an unlikely shift toward Fox News.
What policy area does one quote link to the Great Society program?
Immigration. It notes that around 65 immigration acts passed around the same period, changing patterns for immigrants arriving before 1970.
Do these quotes treat the Great Society mostly as a success or a disappointment?
They're mixed: one credits it with ambitious reform, while another frames Johnson's later years as political failure despite the program's scope.

One speaker calls themselves a Great Society liberal who later found a home elsewhere politically, while another ties the era's immigration acts to broader shifts in national identity.

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