Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I have said I believe in the tight fist and the open mind--a tight fist with money and an open mind to the needs of America.

Remarks at a Ceremony Marking the 10th Anniversary of the Government Employees' Incentive Awards Act

12/03/1964

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