Lyndon Johnson actually said...

It is the conviction that peace will come, and will permit us to give our lives completely to building, instead of giving our lives to destroying.

Remarks at the Lighting of the Nation's Christmas Tree

12/14/1967

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

I want him to be absolutely certain there is no waste or misapplication of American manpower in the Department of Defense effort.

I'm not going to provoke any fight.

We don't ever get into any crisis that we can avoid.

This order supersedes Executive Order No. 10402 of October 30, 1952, entitled 'Enforcement of the Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1948...