05/01/1964
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"The new South is here in America."
"We must always keep our guard up, but always keep our hand out."
"He has given a demonstration of leadership and statesmanship that is respected from Maine to California."
"But we have issues, and we are going to spend a few minutes' time that we have before we go to Augusta and to Columbia exercising our right of free speech in a free country to talk about those issues."