Lyndon Johnson actually said...

For 20 years now--20 years of trial and testing--the purpose of this Nation has never wavered for a moment.

Remarks at the Democratic Congressional Dinner in the D.C. Armory.

06/23/1965

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

It is not just a question of guilt, although there is that.

The wrong is one which no American, in his heart, can justify.

This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless.

They came in darkness and they came in chains.