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Lyndon Johnson: “While we must have a Government that is strong, we need not have a Government that is wasteful.”

On the recordJanuary 19, 1964
While we must have a Government that is strong, we need not have a Government that is wasteful.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Members of the Budget Bureau Staff at the Signing of the 1965 Budget

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