Lyndon Johnson actually said...

True concern for the District requires that the Federal Government thus recognize its equitable share of the costs.

Annual Message to the Congress, the District of Columbia Budget.

01/20/1964

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Education is a national need, and I want to assure you that as long as I am President, the education of your children is going to receive to...

I believe we will so provide them.

We put it here to serve your needs.

When I say that 'first State in the Union,' that's not very easy for a Texan to say.