Lyndon Johnson actually said...

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...

It is not enough just to give men rights. They must be able to use those rights in their personal pursuit of happiness.

Today we strike away the last major shackle of those fierce and ancient bonds.

Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield.