Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"The principal purpose of bail is to insure that an accused person will return for trial, if he is released after arrest."

"If a judge is given adequate information, he, the judge, can determine that many defendants can be released without any need for money bail."

"Because of the bail system, the scales of justice have been weighted for almost two centuries not with fact, nor law, nor mercy."

"In the words of the act, 'A man, regardless of his financial status--shall not needlessly be detained . . . when detention serves neither the ends of justice nor the public interest.'"