Johnson L citáty
Johnson L
Dátum narodenia: 27. august 1908
Dátum úmrtia: 22. január 1973
Lyndon Baines Johnson bol americký politik. Od roku 1961 bol viceprezident Spojených štátov. Po atentáte na prezidenta Kennedyho 22. novembra 1963 sa v rovnaký deň stal prezidentom. Po prezidentských voľbách v 1964 bol 36. prezident Spojených štátov.
Jeho prezidentská kariéra bola výrazne poznamenaná nepopulárnou Vietnamskou vojnou. Wikipedia
Citáty Johnson L
„One hundred years ago, the slave was freed. One hundred years later, the Negro remains in bondage to the color of his skin. The Negro today asks justice. We do not answer him“
we do not answer those who lie beneath this soil — when we reply to the Negro by asking, "Patience."
1960s, Memorial Day speech (1963)
„Our enemies have always made the same mistake.“
1960s, Inaugural address (1965)
Kontext: Our enemies have always made the same mistake. In my lifetime—in depression and in war—they have awaited our defeat. Each time, from the secret places of the American heart, came forth the faith they could not see or that they could not even imagine. It brought us victory. And it will again. For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest sleeping in the unplowed ground. Is our world gone? We say "Farewell." Is a new world coming? We welcome it—and we will bend it to the hopes of man.
„There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.“
1960s, The American Promise (1965)
Kontext: There is no Constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong—deadly wrong– to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country. There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
„There is no Constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong—deadly wrong– to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country. There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.“
1960s, The American Promise (1965)
„This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.“
1960s, Voting Rights Act signing speech (1965)
Kontext: In 1957, as the leader of the majority in the United States Senate, speaking in support of legislation to guarantee the right of all men to vote, I said, "This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies."
„America would be a place where each man could be proud to be himself: stretching his talents, rejoicing in his work, important in the life of his neighbors and his nation.“
1960s, Inaugural address (1965)
Kontext: Liberty was the second article of our covenant. It was self-government. It was our Bill of Rights. But it was more. America would be a place where each man could be proud to be himself: stretching his talents, rejoicing in his work, important in the life of his neighbors and his nation. This has become more difficult in a world where change and growth seem to tower beyond the control and even the judgment of men. We must work to provide the knowledge and the surroundings which can enlarge the possibilities of every citizen. The American covenant called on us to help show the way for the liberation of man. And that is today our goal. Thus, if as a nation there is much outside our control, as a people no stranger is outside our hope.
