 | United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson) - 1965 - 910 lapas
...race ad then say, 'You are free to compete with 1 the others,' and still justly believe that you ave been completely fair. "Thus it is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. All of our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates. "This is the next and more profound... | |
 | United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson) - 1965 - 882 lapas
...take them. Almost a year ago I spoke to the graduating class at Howard University. Last June, I said, "It is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. All of our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates." When the historians catalog these... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Un-American Activities - 1966 - 140 lapas
...Lyndon B. Johnson, in his address at Howard University in June of last year : ". . . it is not enough to open the gates of opportunity. All our citizens must have the ability to walk through these gates. "This is the next and the more profound state of the battle for civil rights. AVe seek... | |
 | 1966 - 56 lapas
...relations — the subject of our meeting today. Concerning this subject, President Johnson said a year ago: It is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. All of our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates. This is the next and more profound... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1967 - 1010 lapas
...take them. A., a year ago I spoke to the graduating class at Howard University. Last « I said that, "It is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. All ol citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates." When the historians catalogue these... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations - 1968 - 316 lapas
...opportunities exist. In his commencement address at Howard University 2 years ago, President Johnson stated : "It is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity....must have the ability to walk through those gates." This would require? it would appear, not only heroic efforts on the part of American society to eliminate... | |
 | 1975 - 158 lapas
...University in June 1965, Lyndon Johnson put the case straight out. "Thus," he said on that occasion, "it is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity....must have the ability to walk through those gates. This is the next and more profound stage of the battle for civil rights. We seek not just freedom but... | |
 | James Sundquist - 2010 - 582 lapas
...perhaps, the end of the beginning." That beginning is freedom. . . . But freedom is not enough. ... it is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity....must have the ability to walk through those gates. This is the next and the more profound stage of the battle for civil rights. . . . the great majority... | |
 | United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson) - 1965 - 950 lapas
...hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still...must have the ability to walk through those gates. This is the next and the more profound stage of the battle for civil rights. We seek not just freedom... | |
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You do not take a person who for years has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair. 
