"The very mudsills of society…. We call them slaves…. But I will not characterize that class at the North with that te…"

"I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that "slavery is the corner stone of our Republ…"

"I am firmly convinced that the conduct of the Irish in America has been strongly influential in winning for those at …"

"Our Nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal."

"There exists among us by ordinary — both North and South — a profound conviction that the South is another land, shar…"

"Judgment comes from experience and great judgment comes from bad experience."

"I do not care what other nations might do or may have done. I do not take advice from them. The higher mission of our…"

"The extraordinary measure of self-government granted to the colonists by the charter fostered in them a spirit of loy…"

"Protect every citizen, including the millions of people of foreign birth who will flock to our shores to become citiz…"

"The surface of the state generally is broken and diversified, the mountain slopes being densely covered with forest g…"