Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I feel blessed, in a time of some distress and danger, with a comrade who has, in addition to his pluck, a delightful sense of humor.

You and I share a common purpose in several fields, the same is true, I think, of our peoples in our two countries.

Anglo-American relations are not a partisan issue in either your country or mine.

To those who urge you to think small, I can only reply: 'Impossible. A nation that has given us the tongue of a Shakespeare, the faith of a ...