In the world, America stands for—and works for—the right of all men to govern themselves through free, uninhibited elections. An ink bottle broken against an American Embassy, a fire set in an American library, an insult committed against our American flag, anywhere in the world, does far less injury to our country and our cause than the discriminatory denial of the right of any American citizen at home to vote on the basis of race or color.


Special Message to the Congress on the Right To Vote (1965)

Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes

In the world, America stands for—and works for—the right of all men to govern themselves through free, uninhibited elections. An ink bottle...

In the world, America stands for—and works for—the right of all men to govern themselves through free, uninhibited elections. An ink bottle...

In the world, America stands for—and works for—the right of all men to govern themselves through free, uninhibited elections. An ink bottle...

In the world, America stands for—and works for—the right of all men to govern themselves through free, uninhibited elections. An ink bottle...