Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"In no other area of governmental activity is it more vital to our national interest to develop and retain a corps of well-qualified men and women."

"Today I have signed an Executive Order 'Providing for the Appointment in the Competitive Service of Certain Present and Former Officers and Employees of the Foreign Service.'"

"Our ability to seize the opportunities and to use our vast resources to further the aims of the United States foreign policy must in large measure rest on the dedication and capabilities of people inv..."

"You children have a great and a very strong Nation--a Nation which wants nothing from any other nation on earth, but which earnestly wants all mankind to enjoy the blessings of freedom, of peace, of j..."