Lyndon Johnson actually said...

We will do, though, what must be done and we will do only what must be done.

Remarks to Committee Members on the Need for Additional Appropriations for Military Purposes in Viet-Nam and the Dominican...

05/03/1965

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

One of the handicaps we have is the appropriation bills came the latter part of the year.

We propose to reduce the program level not by $3 billion, but by $5.3 billion.

We plan definitely to withhold $1.1 billion, or to defer it.

We are trying to withhold the appropriated funds that Congress gave us to the extent of $1 billion.