Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Today, with my signature, this system is abolished.

The fairness of this standard is so self-evident that we may well wonder that it has not always been applied.

We can now believe that it will never again shadow the gate to the American Nation with the twin barriers of prejudice and privilege.

So it is in that spirit that I declare this afternoon to the people of Cuba that those who seek refuge here in America will find it.