"I think it would be better for Virginia if she could get rid of them... I think it would be for the benefit of Virginia."

"I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the south. So fully am I s…"

"April 7, 1865. General R. E. Lee, the result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resist…"

"Our story actually begins at Jamestown, as almost all Virginia stories do... yes, even the story of Hampden-Sydney's …"

"The decision came from what seemed to many white Virginians the unavoidable logic of the situation. Virginia was a sl…"

"When we think about all the history that has occurred in Virginia, we become so overwhelmed that we have to lie down …"

"They could be thinking: 'This is perhaps the second time in a month that people associated with the Tea Party have re…"

"Our nation is shocked and saddened by the news of the shootings at Virginia Tech today...Schools should be places of …"

"Carry me back to old Virginia; there let me live 'till I wither and decay."

"Sir, the great question which is now uprooting this Government to its foundation, the great question which underlies …"