Lyndon Johnson actually said...

My country is grateful for the spacious spirit with which this generous design was conceived and with the way it was carried out, even down to the last quarter.

Context

Remarks With Prime Minister Pearson Upon Proclaiming the Columbia River Treaty

09/15/1964

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