Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"I declare, if you could provide for the government, through the Bureau of the Budget, a new accounting system, with the utmost expedition and efficiency, it would certainly take you many months before..."

"To my mind, it is vital, Mr. Brandt."

"I am confident that the Nation's over-all prosperity will be extended into the months ahead."

"In my own instructions to the Cabinet and heads of all offices, I have told them that every place that there is a chance to save a dollar out of the money that we have budgeted and may be appropriated..."