Lyndon Johnson actually said...

You have made a significant contribution to scientific knowledge and I welcome all of you to the White House Cabinet Room to recognize that ...

He made our land his land. America was his adopted land. He believed in America and he loved our way of life.

We cannot turn back the hands of time today, but we can, after 161 years of neglect, honor Jefferson's plea.

This diffusion of responsibility is unsound and unwise.