The President's News Conference
12/27/1964
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It is the task and the test of democracy to assure that the moderate and good-willed majority prevails and has its way.
He is that rarest of all visitors to this house--a man who is nonpolitical by law.
I call upon the Congress now to complete its work of hope for millions of Americans who now look to it for action.
But the Congress today has shown that if we have the will, there is a way.