Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact. To the extent that the Proclamation of Emancipation is not fulfilled in fact, to that extent we shall have fallen short of assuring freedom to the free.

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) American politician, educator, US President (1963-69)
Speech (1963-05-30), Memorial Day, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Speaking during the 100th Anniversary of the (second) Emancipation Proclamation.

Though spoken while still Vice President, variations of these phrases became a rhetorical favorite of Johnson's through his presidency.

 
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