Political Quotes

Lyndon Johnson: “Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1965
Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including Chapter 15 of Title 10 of the United States Code, particularly Sections 332, 333, and 334 thereof, do command all persons engaged or who may engage in such domestic violence obstructing the execution and enforcement of the laws to cease and desist therefrom and to disperse and retire peaceably forthwith.
Said by
Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 3645—Providing Federal Assistance in the State of Alabama

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Lyndon Johnson

Jan 19, 1969

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do proclaim that the following described land reserved by the Act of September 1, 1959, be designated as the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Park area of…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Jan 19, 1969

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-nine and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-third.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Jan 19, 1969

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States, under the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, supra, do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands owned or controlled by the…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Jul 5, 1968

Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.

presidency.ucsb.edu
View all Lyndon Johnson quotes

Other voices in this conversation