Lyndon Johnson actually said...

And I intend, as long as I am President, to make sure that the American Government is a model of prudence and economy, and that doesn't mean that we are going to neglect the sick or forget the unemployed.

Context

Remarks in Oklahoma City at the Opening of the State Fair

09/24/1964

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