Lyndon Johnson actually said...

We have no desire whatever to expand that conflict.

Remarks to Committee Members on the Need for Additional Appropriations for Military Purposes in Viet-Nam and the Dominican...

05/03/1965

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

The morale of the American fighting man is as high today as it was in 1944, when the 101st Airborne threw back the enemy at Bastogne.

When America grows afraid and loses its commitment to freedom, that is the day that America will begin to die.

I don't think the day will come when Americans are ever afraid to fight for freedom.

So such is the spirit of the American soldier this afternoon.