Eisenhower on LBJ: "He hadn't got the depth of mind nor the breath vision to carry great responsibility.

David Pietrusza
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The above quote is a joke about the depth of mind that President Eisenhower was speaking of. While he was referring to Lyndon Johnson's depth of mind, he was actually referring to his lungs, as he had been very ill with lung cancer at the time.

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