Lyndon Johnson actually said...

When we know what is right, when we know what is just, when we know what is true, then we just must stand up for it, whatever the consequences.

Remarks at the Presentation of Lifesaver Medals to 13 Members of School Safety Patrols

05/05/1965

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

By moving together we all move forward.

To retreat from it would, I think, set a chain reaction of counter-protection and retaliation that would put in jeopardy our ability to work...

We must and we will, I hope, keep it that way.

The large enterprises that really shape history take a great deal of time and much hard work.