If race, skin color, religious beliefs, sex, or national origin prevent anyone from reaching the heights, then we have all wasted a human being.
Lyndon Johnson: “If race, skin color, religious beliefs, sex, or national origin prevent anyone from reaching the heights, then we have…”
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Remarks on Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government
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Any reservations or withdrawals heretofore made which affect the lands described above are hereby revoked.
Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States, under the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, supra, do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands owned or controlled by the…
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