Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
146
AUTHOR:
Lyndon B Johnson, 36th US President
QUOTATION:
It is the common failing of totalitarian regimes that they cannot really understand the nature of our democracy. They mistake dissent for disloyalty. They mistake restlessness for a rejection of policy. They mistake a few committees for a country. They misjudge individual speeches for public policy.
ATTRIBUTION:
Answering North Vietnamese charge that US could not endure a long, inconclusive war, address at San Antonio 29 Sep 67
