Claim 1 (paragraphs 1-4)-president johnson makes his claim
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1 i speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy.
2 i urge every member of both parties, americans of all religions and of all colors, from every section of this country, to join me in that cause. at times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom. so it was at lexington and concord. so it was a century ago at appomattox. so it was last week in selma, alabama. there, long-suffering men and women peacefully protested the denial of their rights as americans. many were brutally assaulted. one good man, a man of god, was killed. there is no cause for pride in what has happened in selma. there is no cause for self-satisfaction in the long denial of equal rights of millions of americans. but there is cause for hope and for faith in our democracy in what is happening here tonight. for the cries of pain and the hymns and protests of oppressed people have summoned into convocation all the majesty of this great government—the government of the greatest nation on earth.
3 our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man.
4 in our time we have come to live with moments of great crisis. our lives have been marked with debate about great issues; issues of war and peace, issues of prosperity and depression. but rarely in any time does an issue lay bare the secret heart of america itself. rarely are we met with a challenge, not to our growth or abundance, our welfare or our security, but rather to the values and the purposes and the meaning of our beloved nation. the issue of equal rights for american negroes is such an issue. and should we defeat every enemy, should we double our wealth and conquer the stars, and still be unequal to this issue, then we will have failed as a people and as a nation. for with a country as with a person, "what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? ”

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8 but even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over. what happened in selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and state of america. it is the effort of american negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of american life. their cause must be our cause too. because it is not just negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice.
9 and we shall overcome.
10 as a man whose roots go deeply into southern soil i know how agonizing racial feelings are. i know how difficult it is to reshape the attitudes and the structure of our society.
11 but a century has passed, more than a hundred years, since the negro was freed. and he is not fully free tonight.
12 it was more than a hundred years ago that abraham lincoln, a great president of another party, signed the emancipation proclamation, but emancipation is a proclamation and not a fact.
13 a century has passed, more than a hundred years, since equality was promised. and yet the negro is not equal.
14 a century has passed since the day of promise. and the promise is unkept.
15 the time of justice has now come. i tell you that i believe sincerely that no force can hold it back. it is right in the eyes of man and god that it should come. and when it does, i think that day will brighten the lives of every american.

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