Lyndon Johnson actually said...

We have not waited for the fighting to end before we have the beginnings of the works of peace.

The President's News Conference at the LBJ Ranch

07/04/1966

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

We love peace. We hate war.

Together, as we have always been, I know that we shall succeed.

The hard work of securing the peace is never done by miracles.

We shall be guided by that vision as we meet and chart our course at Manila.