Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"Such denials contradict one of the basic principles upon which this Nation was founded, the principle of government by the consent of the governed."

"We are taking the final step in bringing to a close a problem which has been a thorn in the side of our relations with Mexico for almost a century."

"He understood the House of Representatives better than any other man."

"Persuasion and reason are the only ways to lead them."