On the recordNovember 15, 1964
We can do what America needs done only if we can continue with this prosperous economy, and we just cannot have it continued by wanting it to continue.
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presidency.ucsb.eduLyndon Johnson: “We can do what America needs done only if we can continue with this prosperous economy, and we just cannot have it…”
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Remarks at the Swearing In of Gardner Ackley as Chairman and Arthur Okun as Member of the Council of Economic Advisers
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