Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"We in the Johnson administration, we hope with the support of Johnson County, have already declared war on poverty in all of its forms, in all of its causes, and we intend to drive it underground and ..."

"And when I go back to Washington I am going to say to the leaders of that great Capital, that I wish they could come here to the heartland of America and see what the people are doing for themselves."

"Yes, I remember the day the Bonus Army was driven down the streets to the mud flats of Anacostia."

"We are just not willing to accept the necessity of poverty."