The time for waiting is gone.
I intend to act with equal dispatch in enforcing this act.
This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless.
The right is one which no American, true to our principles, can deny.
We will not delay, or we will not hesitate, or we will not turn aside until Americans of every race and color and origin in this country hav...
It is difficult to fight for freedom.
It is not enough just to give men rights. They must be able to use those rights in their personal pursuit of happiness.
The wrong is one which no American, in his heart, can justify.
It is not just a question of guilt, although there is that.
If you do this, then you will find, as others have found before you, that the vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for b...
Today we strike away the last major shackle of those fierce and ancient bonds.
The time for failure is gone.
Millions of Americans are denied the right to vote because of their color.
Freedom and justice and the dignity of man are not just words to us.
This act flows from a clear and simple wrong. Its only purpose is to right that wrong.
So, let me now say to every Negro in this country: You must register. You must vote.
They came in darkness and they came in chains.
I feel confident that Members of the House, given the opportunity, will join with Members of the Senate to afford their fellow-citizens the ...
