Richard Nixon actually said...

It is hard to argue with these common sense judgments; surprisingly, it is just as hard to put them into action.

We must set an overall ceiling and affix the responsibility for staying within that ceiling.

I also invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and the Commission...

Our goal must not be bigger government, but better government--at all levels.