Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I pledge to you tonight that the Federal Government will not be a silent partner in this enterprise.

Remarks in Atlantic City at the Convention of the American Association of School Administrators

02/15/1966

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

The right is one which no American, true to our principles, can deny.

Millions of Americans are denied the right to vote because of their color.

I intend to act with equal dispatch in enforcing this act.

The wrong is one which no American, in his heart, can justify.