Lyndon Johnson actually said...

In these last two decades, independence has come for more than 1 billion people in 54 countries.

Remarks of Welcome at the White House to President Yameogo of Upper Volta

03/28/1965

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

Well, I am the father of Lynda and Luci Johnson--and I am known as the man who is the White House dogs' best friend.

Nothing makes a house happier than young people--and this house is a very happy home right now with all of you here on our lawn.

So America is not an old, contented, complacent land--ready to stand still.

America is young--as you are young--with its future before it, as your future is before you.