Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Our goal, in short, is to offer to every citizen one of the greatest blessings: a sure sense of his own usefulness.

Annual Message to the Congress: The President's Manpower Report.

04/30/1967

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

We must quit thinking of it just as a force for destruction, or as an instrument for war.

I want to thank you for your efforts.

In doing that we cut last year's deficit in half.

To you who have given so freely and so fully to your Nation's welfare, your President commends you and salutes you and thanks you.