Aug. 27, 1964 | LBJ Nomination Acceptance Speech

Aug. 27, 1964 - President Johnson accepted the Democratic nomination last night with an appeal to the electorate for “a mandate to begin” to build “the great society.”
The President spoke out with equal force against racial segregation and disorders in the streets. The law must be respected and violence stopped in the North and in the South, he said.
He held out the promise of unity and hope, not “fear or smear.” He condemned “recklessness” and “rash” action where the danger of nuclear war is concerned and said: “The true courage in this nuclear age is the quest for peace.”

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