And there have been many pressures upon your president and there will be others as the days come and go. But i pledge you tonight that we intend to fight this battle here it should be fought-- in the courts, and in the Congress, and in the hearts of men We must preserve the right of free speech and the right of free assembly. but th right of free speech does not carry with it as has been said the right to holler fire in a crowded theater. We must preserve the right to free assembly. But free assembly does not carry with it the right to block public thorough ares to traffic. We do have a right to protest and a right to march under conditions that do not inf ringe the cons titutional rights of our neighbors. And i intend to protect all those rights as long as i am permitted to serve in this office We will guard aga inst violence know ing it strikes from our hands the very weapons which we seek: progress, obedience to law, and belief in American values In Se Ima, as elsewhere, we seek and pray for peace. We seek order. We seek unity unity that stif les protest For peace cannot be purchased at the cost of liberty, But we will not accept the peace of stif led rights or the order imposed by fear,or In Selma tonight--and we had a good day there --as in every city, we are working for a just and peacef ul settlement And we must all remember that after this speecl I am making tonight after the police and the fbi and the marshals have all gone, and after you have promptly passed this bill, the people of selma and the other cities of the Nation must still live and work together. And when the attention of the nation has gone elsewhere, they must try to heal the wounds and to build a new community This can not be easily done on a battleground of violence, as the history of the South itself shows. It is in recognition of this that men of both races have shown such an outstanding ly impressive responsibility in recent days --last Tuesday again today The bill that i am presenting to you will be known as a civil rig hts bill. But in a larger sense, most of the program I am recommend ing is a civil rights program. Its object is to open the city of hope to all people of all races Because all Americans just must have the right to vote. And we are going to give them that right. All Americans must have the priv ileges of citizenship - regardless of race. And they are going to have those privileges of citizenship - regardless of race But I would like to caution you and remind you that to exercise these privileges takes much more than just legal right. It requires a trained mind and a healthy body.And there have been many pressures upon your President and there will be others as the days come and go. But I pledge you tonight that we intend to fight this battle where it should be fought -- in the courts, and in the Congress, and in the hearts of men. We must preserve the right of f ree speech and the right of f ree assembly. But the right of f ree speech does not carry with it, as has been said, the right to holler fire in a crowded theater. We must preserve the right to f ree assembly. But f ree assembly does not carry with it the right to block public thoroughfares to traf fic. We do have a right to protest, and a right to march under conditions that do not inf ringe the constitutional rights of our neighbors. And I intend to protect all those rights as long as I am permitted to serve in this of fice. We will guard against violence, knowing it strikes f rom our hands the very weapons which we seek: progress, obedience to law, and belief in American values. In Selma, as elsewhere, we seek and pray for peace. We seek order. We seek unity. But we will not accept the peace of stifled rights, or the order imposed by fear, or the unity that stifles protest. For peace cannot be purchased at the cost of liberty. In Selma tonight -- and we had a good day there -- as in every city, we are working for a just and peaceful settlement And we must all remember that af ter this speech I am making tonight, af ter the police and the FBI and the Marshals have all gone, and af ter you have promptly passed this bill, the people of Selma and the other cities of the Nation must still live and work together. And when the attention of the nation has gone elsewhere, they must try to heal the wounds and to build a new community. This cannot be easily done on a battleground of violence, as the history of the South itself shows. It is in recognition of this that men of both races have shown such an outstandingly impressive responsibility in recent days -- last Tuesday, again today. The bill that I am presenting to you will be known as a civil rights bill. But, in a larger sense, most of the program I am recommending is a civil rights program. Its object is to open the city of hope to all people of all races. Because all Americans just must have the right to vote. And we are going to give them that right. All Americans must have the privileges of citizenship -- regardless of race. And they are going to have those privileges of citizenship -- regardless of race. But I would like to caution you and remind you that to exercise these privileges takes much more than just legal right. It requires a trained mind and a healthy body