Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"The Molotov cocktail destroys far more than the police car or the pawn shop."

"Our objective is to let the people of South Vietnam decide what kind of government and what kind of country they want."

"It must be clear, especially to those in the South who worked with the Communists to seize control by force, that their choice no longer includes a military takeover."

"I want to speak to you this morning about our society--about some of the stress that it is undergoing and about what I believe that we must do if we are to preserve civil peace and if we are to serve ..."