Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I have said nothing or done nothing to contribute to that cooling.

The President's News Conference in Washington on His Return From the Columbus Day Trip

10/12/1966

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

With the signing of this bill this morning, we are going to end that inequity.

This is a free country. This is a democratic country.

But even then they were not assured equal opportunity.

Our Armed Forces literally could not operate effectively or efficiently without our women.