Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I trust when all is said and done, that America will not only be the home of the free and the land of the brave, but will be the nation that is first in space, due primarily to what you people are doing here.

Context

Remarks After Inspecting Space Facilities at Cape Kennedy.

09/14/1964

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