Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 23, 1966
Inflation need not be the price of social progress; nor should it be a cost of defending freedom.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Annual Budget Message to the Congress, Fiscal Year 1967.

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