Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"The Federal Government will work closely with these agencies in their tasks of charity and brotherhood."

"Once again, it stamps the mark of failure on a regime when many of its citizens voluntarily choose to leave the land of their birth for a more hopeful home in America."

"This bill says simply that from this day forth those wishing to immigrate to America shall be admitted on the basis of their skills and their close relationship to those already here."

"The dedication of America to our traditions as an asylum for the oppressed is going to be upheld."