Captain Lyndon B. Johnson

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Flying_Cross
Congressional Gold Medal
Legion of Merit
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Silver Star
gptkbp:birthDate August 27, 1908
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Stonewall,_Texas,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Luci_Baines_Johnson
gptkb:Lynda_Bird_Johnson
gptkbp:deathDate January 22, 1973
gptkbp:education gptkb:Southwest_Texas_State_Teachers_College
gptkbp:famousQuote “The noblest search is the search for excellence.”
“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”
“If we are to live in a democracy, we must be a nation of laws.”
“We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light a candle.”
“The_Great_Society_is_a_place_where_every_child_can_find_knowledge_to_enrich_his_mind_and_to_enlarge_his_talents.”
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Lyndon_Baines_Johnson
gptkbp:hasPerformedAt gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Captain Lyndon B. Johnson
gptkbp:internationalRelations gptkb:Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution
Vietnam_War_escalation
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:LBJ
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Great_Society
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Texas_State_Cemetery
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition gptkb:Vice_President_of_the_United_States
House_Majority_Leader
Senator_from_Texas
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkbp:president gptkb:Lyndon_Baines_Johnson_Library_and_Museum
January 20, 1969
November 22, 1963
gptkbp:religion Baptist
gptkbp:signature gptkb:National_Endowment_for_the_Arts
gptkb:National_Endowment_for_the_Humanities
gptkb:Medicare
Higher Education Act
Medicaid
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Bird_Johnson
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Richard_Nixon