Lyndon Johnson actually said...

When the people from Austin make a pact with the people of Boston, Mr. Speaker, that is a contract as long as I have breath in my body.

Remarks in Boston at Post Office Square

10/26/1964

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

It is important that every citizen have a personal stake in the preservation of order.

Every Governor must commit the influence and power of his office to the fight.

The war on crime cannot and should not be directed from the Nation's Capital.

That makes you people very important people.