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The most significant civil rights problem is voting. Each citizen's right to vote is fundamental to all the other rights of citizenship and the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 make it the responsibility of the Department of Justice to protect that right.

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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.

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Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.

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What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.

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In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation.

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It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

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Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

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Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.

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The world of sports knows no religious, racial or political differences. Athletes, from whatever land they come, speak the same language. The lessons of competition are lessons for life.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: November 20th, 1925

Died: June 6th, 1968

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