Lyndon Johnson actually said...

But fiscal responsibility does not mean the lowest possible Federal budget, obtained by ruthlessly slashing existing Federal programs and never proposing new ones.

Context

Remarks at a White House Luncheon for Businessmen

10/05/1964

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