Lyndon Johnson actually said...

It is the story of countless individuals whose success and sacrifice converted an idea into a free nation.

This is not a task for science alone, but for us all, for every citizen in the land and for every scientist as well.

I am quite pleased to be a participant in bestowing the 1967 awards of the National Medal of Science.

We honor them by remembering their deeds—and by telling their story to each succeeding generation.