Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"You have earned this medal, and you have earned with it the respect and the gratitude of the entire Nation."

"I take pleasure in submitting the first annual report of the Commission."

"I wish to reiterate the importance which I attach to pressing forward with plans and preparations for a sea-level canal."

"I also urge appropriate State and local officials, as well as public and private organizations, to join in the observance of this milestone in the history of the Coast Guard."