Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I predict that 20 years from now another President will stand here someday and say: 'A revolution of achievement in the developing nations began with the appointment of Robert S. McNamara to the World Bank in 1968.'

Context

Remarks Upon Presenting the Medal of Freedom to Robert S. McNamara

02/27/1968

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