Hamilton Basso(Vice President) Garner has taken his personal smallness, his lack of generosity, and forged it into a political principle. He has no imagination, no convictions, and he substitutes political cynicism for social understanding.
About This Quote
Lyndon B. Johnson said, “(Vice President) Garner has taken his personal smallness, his lack of generosity, and forged it into a political principle. He has no imagination, no convictions, and he substitutes political cynicism for social understanding.” In this quote, the president is saying that Vice President Garner is a man without a soul. What this means is that he lacks any ultimate goal or purpose in life. His purpose is to serve Lyndon Johnson and the United States of America.
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