We will not delay, or we will not hesitate, or we will not turn aside until Americans of every race and color and origin in this country have the same right as all others to share in the process of democracy.
Remarks in the Capitol Rotunda at the Signing of the Voting Rights Act
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In that pursuit, Mr. President, United States support will be gladly given.
We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-nine and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-third.
Any reservations or withdrawals heretofore made which affect the lands described above are hereby revoked.
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