Lyndon B. Johnson quotes

1908–1973 · Stonewall, TX

But even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over.
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Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise, March 15, 1965
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The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote.
VerifiedLyndon B. Johnson
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Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise, March 15, 1965
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The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: Now you are free to go where you want, and do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please.
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Commencement Address at Howard University: "To Fulfill These Rights.", June 4, 1965
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The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
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Address at Johns Hopkins University: "Peace Without Conquest.", April 7, 1965
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The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
If you do this, then you will find, as others have found before you, that the vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
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Remarks in the Capitol Rotunda at the Signing of the Voting Rights Act, August 6, 1965
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The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.
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The President's Thanksgiving Day Address to the Nation, November 28, 1963
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The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara