Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Today the per capita income of this region is 69 percent of the national average, compared to 45 percent at the time of TVA's creation.

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Requesting Increased Borrowing Authority for TVA.

05/19/1966

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

I believe that it will enrich the spirit of America.

A growing America will absorb about one million acres a year.

He did not crack the will of the citizens of the Hang Xang District in Saigon, who fought the Vietcong with sticks, or the nurses near Baria...

The Annual Report of the National Science Foundation deserves the attention of the Congress and the American people.