Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"You have within your hands the means to make our Nation as intimate and as informed as a New England town meeting."

"Things are really getting confused around Washington, Mr. President."

"It occurred to me that the medium may be somewhat better suited to conveying the actions of conflict than to dramatizing the words that the leaders use in trying and hoping to end the conflict."

"For a President to buy public popularity at the sacrifice of his better judgment is too dear a price to pay."