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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