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“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down
by quickthrowman 1y ago
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
President Lyndon Baines Johnson
- potato3732842 1y agoAnd that wasn't even his most spicy quote. That man is a goldmine when it come to politicians saying the quiet part out loud.
- ceejayoz 1y agoThis is a critique on his part, of opposition to the Civil Rights Act he eventually got passed.