Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
Public confidence in the elective process is the foundation of public confidence in government.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1908-1973, 36th President of the United States (Democrat, TX), Message to Congress, May 26, 1966
Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations
Also used in his Message to Congress, May 25, 1967
At the time less than 10% of the Southern Blacks were allowed to vote. The result was that Southern segregationists were elected to Congress even in a state like Mississippi which had a majority Black population, The Southern segregationist bloc was large enough that with a few very conservative Republicans, they formed a coalition could block any civil rights legislation including voting rights reform,
The infamous breakdown in the Presidential election of 2000 was in large part the result of no rules or training for the election officials. Handley was one of the few officials who publicly admitted that the eligibility of a ballot was dependent on very subjective decisions of many different people.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by his initials LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, in office from 1963 to 1969. He served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963 and assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson was also a United States representative and later majority leader in the United States Senate. Johnson is one of only four people to have served, at various times, in all four federal elected positions.
