Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"Inflation need not be the price of social progress; nor should it be a cost of defending freedom."

"You people have a passion for anonymity."

"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."

"We have tried since the beginning of this fiscal year to get the managers of our Government to reduce expenditures wherever they possibly could, to eliminate what we thought could be termed 'fat' prog..."