Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"Paraphrasing what Secretary Rusk said the other day in response to a question from Congress, he said, 'Well, Senator, could it be that they could perhaps be wrong?' And it just could be that the Presi..."

"We must remember that our budgetary costs--our current out-of-pocket expenditures--do not always provide a true measure of the cost of Government activities."

"Each of you is requested to designate an assistant secretary or other official of comparable rank to review new proposals for the agency to provide its own supplies or services before they are include..."

"I am going to sign this measure this morning notwithstanding the fact that it goes further than I was willing to ask for this year."