Lyndon Johnson actually said...

If you would move America forward, I think you must first move its private citizens forward--and chief among them is the American businessman.

Remarks at the Swearing In of Cyrus R. Smith as Secretary of Commerce.

03/05/1968

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

Someone once defined an economist as a person who says that we move in cycles instead of running around in circles.

I appeal to business not to raise prices.

For 5 years now, if the press will accept my apology, this country has been moving straight ahead and we think in the right direction.

We have already proved that recessions are not a necessary fact of life.