○  lyndon baines johnson: let us continue  ○

this does not mean that we will not meet our unfilled needs or that we will not honor our commitments. we will do both.

as one who has long served in both houses of the congress, i firmly believe in the independence and the integrity of the legislative branch. and i promise you that i shall always respect this. it is deep in the marrow of my bones. with equal firmness, i believe in the capacity and i believe in the ability of the congress, despite the divisions of opinions which characterize our nation, to act -- to act wisely, to act vigorously, to act speedily when the need arises.

the need is here. the need is now. i ask your help.

we meet in grief, but let us also meet in renewed dedication and renewed vigor. let us meet in action, in tolerance, and in mutual understanding.

john kennedy's death commands what his life conveyed -- that america must move forward.

the time has come for americans of all races and creeds and political beliefs to understand and to respect one another. so let us put an end to the teaching and the preaching of hate and evil and violence. let us turn away from the fanatics of the far left and the far right, from the apostles of bitterness and bigotry, from those defiant of law, and those who pour venom into our nation's bloodstream.

i profoundly hope that the tragedy and the torment of these terrible days will bind us together in new fellowship, making us one people in our hour of sorrow.

so let us here highly resolve that john fitzgerald kennedy did not live or die in vain.

and on this thanksgiving eve, as we gather together to ask the lord's blessing, and give him our thanks, let us unite in those familiar and cherished words:

america, america,
god shed his grace on thee,
and crown thy

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