Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"The people that I reward, notwithstanding what some think, are the folks that come up with new programs and new ideas in something different, and even something that I don't agree with, because freque..."

"I want these honors that we give in Government service, as far as the Government is concerned, to be based not on regions, not on religions, not on race, and not on sex."

"These are matters of national urgency and of the highest priority."

"There is too much at stake for us to consider for a moment that a position of responsibility is to be parceled out either as a plum of patronage or as a reward for partisanship."