Lyndon Johnson actually said...

And of those who wear the badge, I ask an equal respect both for the law and for the rights of the people they are sworn to protect.

Proclamation 3770—Law Day, U.S.A., 1967

03/09/1967

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

In dying, Private Milton Olive taught those of us who remain how we ought to live.

I realize, too, how highly we prize freedom-when we send our young to die for it.

Men like Milton Olive die for honor.

I am reminded of it every moment of every day.