You don't know how much satisfaction I get out of seeing this lovely lady who has been by your side--this wonderful, typically American family here in the first house of the land t...
The acts of extraordinary courage to which we pay tribute were not performed with any hope of reward.
Lt. Williams and a very small band of Americans and Vietnamese fought for 14 long hours against an enemy that outnumbere...
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 measure does not restrict the power of the courts to detain dangerous persons in capital cases or after conviction.
Our Nation stands today at the threshold of a new era in our system of criminal justice.
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...
The principal purpose of bail is to insure that an accused person will return for trial, if he is released after arrest.
We can begin to insure that defendants are considered as individuals--and not as dollar signs.