Lyndon Baines Johnson

“ My fellow citizens, we have come now to a time of testing. We must not fail.
Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our Nation whole. Let us hasten that day when our unmeasured strength and our unbounded spirit will be free to do the great works ordained for this Nation by the just and wise God who is the Father of us all. ”

“ So tonight I urge every public official, every religious leader, every business and professional man, every workingman, every housewife I urge every American to join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people and to bring peace to our land. ”

“ Americans of every race and color have died in battle to protect our freedom. Americans of every race and color have worked to build a nation of widening opportunities. Now our generation of Americans has been called on to continue the unending search for justice within our own borders. ”