04/04/1962
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"The right to vote in a free American election is the most powerful and precious right in the world—and it must not be denied on the grounds of race or color."
"Americans are free to disagree with the law but not to disobey it."
"The cruel disease of discrimination knows no sectional or state boundaries."
"By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, and as President of the United States, and deeming such action necessary in the best interest of the nati..."