05/23/1965
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"He stays in jail for one reason only--he stays in jail because he is poor."
"I am proud now, as a major step forward, to sign the Bail Reform Act of 1966 into the law of the land."
"This system has endured--archaic, unjust, and virtually unexamined--ever since the Judiciary Act of 1789."
"The principal purpose of bail is to insure that an accused person will return for trial, if he is released after arrest."