Let me make one principle of this administration abundantly clear: All of these increased opportunities — in employment, in education, in housing, and in every field — must be open to Americans of every color. As far as the writ of Federal law will run, we must abolish not some, but all racial discrimination. For this is not merely an economic issue, or a social, political, or international issue. It is a moral issue, and it must be met by the passage this session of the bill now pending in the House.

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) American politician, educator, US President (1963-69)

Speech (1964-01-08), “State of the Union,” Joint Session of Congress, Washington, D. C.
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