Lyndon Johnson actually said...

A strong, well planned program of research has now become a national necessity.

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Report 'A Ten-Year Program of...'

03/18/1966

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The United States is the only nation which maintains a system of transport that is both privately-owned and privately-operated.

And our system of transportation, the greatest in history, was built by the genius of free enterprise.

It would be difficult for me to overemphasize what I really believe is at stake, because transportation is more than a major force in the 20...

I don't think there is any basis for that at all.