"In later years, when Lady Bird Johnson would talk about the time that her husband had been a senator, she would sometimes say, "those were the happi… - Robert A. Caro

MR. CALHOUN. Never, never. MR. WEBSTER. What he means he is very apt to say. MR. CALHOUN. Always, always. MR. WEBSTER. And I honor him for it.

Said New York Post columnist William V. Shannon: “There is a growing tendency on the part of Americans to ‘consume’ political figures in much the same sense we consume entertainment personalities on television and in the movies.

(Lyndon) Johnson created his own theater.