Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I think that your report can move us much closer to our national goal, which is good health care for every citizen, high quality and efficie...

We know that we can produce the steel and the cars and the chemicals to make us a mighty powerful and wealthy nation.

Everett Dirksen is the only column I haven't complained about all year long.

So I came here tonight to echo this combination of both personal esteem and institutional respect.