Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"It looks to me like you are going to the wrong convention in Chicago."

"It occurred to me that the medium may be somewhat better suited to conveying the actions of conflict than to dramatizing the words that the leaders use in trying and hoping to end the conflict."

"For a President to buy public popularity at the sacrifice of his better judgment is too dear a price to pay."

"It is just as irrevocable as the statement says--completely irrevocable."