"If the Republican party with its platform of principles, the main feature of which is the abolition of slavery and, t…"

"In the 1950s, the battle flag was revived not just as a symbol of resistance to federally mandated desegregation. The…"

"South Carolina, come on and raise up! This one's for you! This one's for who? Us, us, us! Yes, sir!"

"North Carolina, South Carolina, and all my little itty-bitty hick towns."

"If Haley appears unfamiliar with the history of New Hampshire’s contribution to the preservation of democracy and ema…"

"Whatever is necessary to continue the separation of the races in the schools of South Carolina is going to be done by…"

"I never know what South Carolina thinks of a measure. I never consult her. I act to the best of my judgment, and acco…"

"With us the two great divisions of society are not the rich and the poor, but white and black, and all the former, th…"

"The issue before the country is the extinction of slavery... No man of common sense, who has observed the progress of…"

"To talk of maintaining our independence while we abolish slavery is simply to talk folly."