Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Instead, we have chosen the slower but surer path of progress through a more competitive, efficient, and prosperous domestic economy.

Presidential Statement No. 3 on Economic Issues: Strengthening Our Balance of Payments.

10/25/1964

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The small businesses of America are the foundation of our cherished system of free, competitive enterprise.

The small, privately owned concern has played a fundamental role in the development of the American way of life.

It will be given to all of you, and it will be in the transcript, too.

We recognize it. We are aware of it. We give a good deal of attention to it.