Lyndon Johnson actually said...

We stand with our allies in NATO, firmly dedicated to a common defense, because we believe in firmness and in unity lie the best hopes of pe...

I have welcomed you on many occasions, Mr. Chancellor, as a statesman of the modern world, but always most of all as our friend.

No one need doubt the American commitment to Europe's future.

Thomas Jefferson called his days in the Presidency \a splendid misery\"--and sometimes I agree.