Lyndon Johnson actually said...

The time has clearly come to correct these conditions and remove the uncertainties which the present order of call promotes.

Our military needs have been substantially greater than that ever since we first committed troops to combat in Korea in the summer of 1950.

The Peace Corps produces a high yield in results, at a low budgetary cost.

The Peace Corps has provided an opportunity for tens of thousands of idealistic and able Americans, young and old, to serve their fellow men...