Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"We know today that you and your countrymen, under the leadership of His Majesty King Zahir, have set as your high goal Afghanistan's 'experiment in democracy.'"

"We are so happy that you could come to our land."

"Deep in our history is the memory of what President Abraham Lincoln said to his countrymen in the dark days of 1861: 'Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both ..."

"If it would be useful to you, Mr. Prime Minister, if you think it would be helpful, we are prepared to send to your country a team of this Nation's best agricultural experts, directed by Secretary Fre..."