Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"The seas are not our only recourse and that we aim to make it feasible to mine, desalt, and put to productive use the brackish groundwater which underlies more than 2 million square miles of the Unite..."

"The pollution that is taking place in this country, and the effect that a few industrial plants are having on the future of our country, is absolutely disgraceful."

"All Americans are really heirs of travelers who originally came here from far across the seas to cast their lot in this great country of ours."

"I may or may not be the most optimistic person in America about the progress we can make on desalting the seas, but I am, and I intend to remain, the most determined man that we shall make the great b..."