Lyndon Johnson said "I would counsel my fellow Americans today in this friendly, happy crowd, in this beautiful city of Belleville, where Americans love their country and they are out here to demonstrate it--I would say to you that we cannot and we must not use this strength to try to compel, to try to frighten others into following our every command." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 20, 1964

I would counsel my fellow Americans today in this friendly, happy crowd, in this beautiful city of Belleville, where Americans love their country and they are out here to demonstrate it--I would say to you that we cannot and we must not use this strength to try to compel, to try to frighten others into following our every command.

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Lyndon Johnson

Democratic · Texas

Source

presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Belleville, Illinois

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