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Lyndon Johnson: “And I intend, as long as I am President, to make sure that the American Government is a model of prudence and economy…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1964
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.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Oklahoma City at the Opening of the State Fair

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