Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"This administration hopes to provide the leadership for an environment that is free of the contamination which pollutes the water that we drink and the air that we breathe."

"First, at the request of the Governors of the drought-stricken States, I am today writing to Governor Ellington, the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, declaring certain portions of New Jer..."

"Second, to ease the critical water crisis in northern New Jersey, I am directing the Chief of Engineers to install an emergency pump-pipeline system at Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey."

"This was a time for action--a time for action to meet and to overcome the challenge of this great drought."