Lyndon Johnson actually said...

In all of the travels of more than 40 countries that I have had, I have had impressed upon me the great faith that the people have in our sy...

We couldn't make any precommitments and we wouldn't sign a blank check to a treaty that we didn't know what was in it, but that we would do ...

This is a very nice thing for you to do for us, and we appreciate it very much.

Any one of those problems can turn into serious events that would bring great shock to our country.