Lyndon Johnson actually said...

We are a rich nation and can afford to make progress at home while meeting obligations abroad--in fact, we can afford no other course if we are to remain strong.

Context

Annual Budget Message to the Congress, Fiscal Year 1967.

01/23/1966

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