Lyndon Johnson actually said...

This painting will--as long as I am President--hang in my office where I can see it and where I need it.

Remarks Upon Accepting a Portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

01/30/1967

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

Your people won our hearts, as they had already earned the respect and the admiration of all the American people.

The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out.

Twenty years ago the average family in America spent 26 percent of its after-tax income on food.

Mrs. Johnson and I are especially happy to see you, Mr. President.