Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another.
Lyndon B. JohnsonAll of us realize that war requires action. What is sometimes harder for us to realize is that peace and neutrality also require action.
Lyndon B. JohnsonThe men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.
Lyndon B. JohnsonThere is no Constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong - deadly wrong - to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country. There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
Lyndon B. Johnson