Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our States, in our homes and in our hearts, to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country."

"I am taking steps to implement the law under my constitutional obligation to 'take care that the laws are faithfully executed.'"

"Our first purpose, our constant purpose in everything we seek to do, is honorable peace."

"We must not approach the observance and enforcement of this law in a vengeful spirit."