
In fact: Federal spending this year will be lower in relation to gross national product than at any time since 1951.
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In fact: Federal spending this year will be lower in relation to gross national product than at any time since 1951.

But fiscal responsibility does not mean the lowest possible Federal budget, obtained by ruthlessly slashing existing Federal programs and never proposing new ones.

President Johnson made it clear that, in accordance with these existing alliances and the deployment and dispositions thereunder, any armed attack against the Philippines would be regarded as an attack against United States forces…

These are just the first steps to an expanding economy that will be limited only by our vision and our will.

My business is your business--the Government of the United States of America belongs to all the people.

President Johnson commended the land reform program, initiated by President Macapagal this year, as holding out renewed hope to the Philippine people for the solution of the land tenure problems which, for decades, had beset a major sector…

I am not going to tear down any person or any group in doing that.

We can cure man's ills, extend man's life, and raise man's hopes.

Don’t let folks mislead you and tell you that you ought to change horses in the middle of a stream.

I believe that every boy and girl in this great State and in this great country has a right to all the education they can use.

Your Government has given its support to scientific research -- and to the education of bright young minds -- on a scale without parallel in history.

I believe we can make great achievements without great increases in Federal spending.

Many of our most important national objectives depend upon how effectively American business competes in world markets.

This is what it means to Americans today to have responsible and responsive fiscal and monetary policies.

They are going to choose to look ahead to the new problems which are rushing in upon us, our overcrowded cities, our inadequate schools, the growing mastery of the machine, the need to use our leisure time wisely and creatively.

President Johnson noted past United States support for Philippine agrarian reform and expressed his hope that American assistance could continue in the future, particularly in the realization of the land reform objectives of the…

I call upon all our citizens to make every effort to promote the safety and welfare of our blind persons on the streets and highways, and thereby to contribute to their independence of spirit and their capability for self-management.