.... The only genuine, long-range solution
for what has happened lies in an attack—
mounted at every level-upon the conditions
that breed despair and violence. All of us
know what those conditions are: ignorance,
discrimination, slums, poverty, disease,
not enough jobs. We should attack these
conditions-not because we are frightened
by conflict, but because we are fired by
conscience. We should attack them because
there is simply no other way to achieve a
decent and orderly society in America. . . .
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Address to the Nation
June 27, 1967