Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Power was used--with somber reluctance--in defense of the rule of law.

Remarks at the Swearing In of Nicholas deB. Katzenbach as Under Secretary of State.

10/02/1966

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

This week we passed a law removing the useless and burdensome gold cover.

We seek nothing else.

Hard choices are going to have to be made in the next few days.

If that is what they choose, then we shall win a settlement on the battlefield.