Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"One thing that I think we must constantly be aware of is that no people anywhere during any period of history have ever had so much to be thankful for as we Americans."

"There is no one in this Government who is going to carry any heavier responsibility than Gardner Ackley and the Council that he leads and over which he presides."

"I can't be happy over Walter Heller's departure from Washington, leaving the Council, and at the same time I am very happy and, of course, couldn't be unhappy over the strength that he has left behind..."

"If we can do as well by the Nation as I believe we are doing by the Council, the country is in for the best times that we have ever had over the next several years."