Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"They will be additional men needed and they will be supplied as General Westmoreland is able to use them and as he may require them."

"I think that there are a good many people in the country that are troubled about Vietnam and wish we could find some way to negotiate, but I think the country overwhelmingly supports the position that..."

"Please submit for my approval a revised order in the Transatlantic Route Renewal Case, consistent with the comments expressed above."

"I wouldn't find any fault with any committee having any hearings at any time, as long as they are conducted in an atmosphere of objectivity, fairness, judiciousness."