Lyndon Johnson actually said...

This system has endured--archaic, unjust, and virtually unexamined--ever since the Judiciary Act of 1789.

A man, regardless of his financial status--shall not needlessly be detained . . . when detention serves neither the ends of justice nor the ...

Our Nation stands today at the threshold of a new era in our system of criminal justice.

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