Lyndon Johnson actually said...

From the moment that you take your oath, your job will be to cup your hands about the flame of our Nation's genius.

Remarks at the Swearing In of the Chairman and Members of the National Council on the Humanities.

03/02/1966

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

We in America love and cherish our liberty and our independence and our freedom, and we do not try to impose it upon other people.

We have fallen in love with your country and with your people.

Keep your chin in and your chest out and do your duty as you see it.

It is better to do it there than it is in Honolulu.