Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I mean to preserve and I mean to extend that heritage for all of our people, East as well as West, North as well as South.

They knew that once a nation commits itself to the increase and diffusion of knowledge, the real revolution begins.

He gave his entire fortune to establish this Institution which would serve 'for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.'

To split the atom, to launch the rocket, to explore the innermost mysteries and the outermost reaches of the universe--these are your God-gi...