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Lyndon B. Johnson — Portrait after a picture by Arnold Newman (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

President of the United States from 1963 to 1969

1908–1973

20 quotes, most often on America, Race and Voting. Part of the U.S. Presidents collection.

We are one nation and one people. Our fate as a nation and our future as a people rest not upon one citizen, but upon all citizens. This is the majesty and the meaning of this moment.
Inaugural address (January 1965)
- America
Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man.
We Shall Overcome (1965)
- America
- Justice
Throughout my entire public career I have followed the personal philosophy that I am a free man, an American, a public servant, and a member of my party, in that order always and only.
Address to the nation announcing he would not seek re-election (31 March 1968)
- America
- Politics
We will serve all the Nation, not one section or one sector, or one group, but all Americans. These are the United States-a united people with a united purpose.
Let Us Continue (JFK Assassination) (1963)
- America
Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have to ensure that right.
We Shall Overcome (1965)
- America
- Voting
A people divided over the right to vote can never build a Nation united.
Special message to Congress on the right to vote (1965)
- America
- Voting
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.
Civil Rights Bill signing speech (1964)
- America
- Race

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