Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I hardly know whether to scowl or to smile.

Remarks at the Swearing In of Gardner Ackley as Chairman and Arthur Okun as Member of the Council of Economic Advisers

11/15/1964

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

Yes, it will be the budget for next year; the steps we have taken with regard to effecting economies in the Federal Government; the ceilings...

The Federal Government must be a model of competent and efficient management, with economy the watchword, and an end to waste our goal.

I will not presume to judge the root causes, or rights and wrongs as between Cypriots of the two communities.

This is, in any case, inappropriate when innocent human lives are at stake.