LBJ did some great things for this country but you have to shudder at the blood on that man’s hands

Yeah, "they" is pretty useful when you think about it.

I'm glad I read this, and added it to my list of quotes in my journal, but I definitely see places where it could be "better" for a modern community. The taxpayer vs tax eater line, for example, and your correct call out of the gendered language.

I think it is important. The language we use shapes our thoughts and vision. It is why I advocate an amendment to remove HE from Article II. Great speech.

This is why it’s so striking that the principle articulated in the 1962 Supreme Court ruling in Baker v Carr — often misquoted as “one man, one vote” — was actually the better “one person, one vote.”

LBJ grew up poor in a place where his black neighbors were poor too. He did not forget.

This is a fantastic library.

And yet, while he didn't start the escalation in Southeast Asia, he certainly accelerated it. We know which road is paved with good intentions.

Had me till the last one

I have always thought LBJ was under-appreciated. Given what he was handed...The Civil Rights Act alone earns him my high regard.