Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I cannot give you a scroll or a medal bearing your new title.

Last year, Congress established at our suggestion the National Endowment for the Arts, to enhance the place of the artist in our country.

It was just about 10 days ago, out in the State of Idaho, that I spoke of the common feeling for life, the common love of song and story whi...

For you, Jane--you and your colleagues--have done what few statesmen on earth can do.