Lyndon Johnson actually said...

While human values are always our prime consideration, we should not ignore the sound public investment that would result by reducing our public welfare rolls through vocational rehabilitation.

Context

Letter to Secretary Gardner on the Achievements of the Federal-State Vocational Rehabilitation Program.

03/13/1966

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