Lyndon Johnson actually said...

The sudden need for more men than a volunteer force could supply would find the nation without the machinery to respond.

Special Message to the Congress on Selective Service.

03/05/1967

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

In every triumph of justice all good people are the victors.

Today the people of the United States are a very fortunate client.

His vision is broad; his compassion abundant; his dedication great--to the spirit as well as the letter of the law.

This weekend, in a courtroom in Meridian, Mississippi, we saw another instance of this continuing revolution.