Lyndon Johnson actually said...
As the President of the United States, and a fellow citizen of Sir Winston, I am pleased and proud that you, who are gathered here today, have had the foresight, the imagination, and the energy to undertake this most worthwhile project as a tribute to one of the greatest world leaders of our time.
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Remarks in Support of a Fundraising Drive for a Winston Churchill Memorial Library at Westminster College, Missouri
04/14/1964