North Carolina

"North Carolina is a valley of humility between two mountains of conceit."

"North Carolina, come on and raise up! Take your shirt off; twist it 'round your head. Spin it like a helicopter!"

"Esse quam videri"

"While North Carolina has the honor of first authorizing its delegates to concur with other Colonies in declaring independence, it was quickly followed by South Carolina and Georgia, which also gave general instructions broad enough to include such action."

"One of the things I did in North Carolina in the seventies was to battle with the Klan because the Ku Klux Klan really controlled this state. I was telling some people during dinner that I can remember when there were big billboards of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan welcoming visitors to the various cities and towns of North Carolina. And members of the Klan appeared publicly in their garb."

"Carolina! Carolina! Heaven's blessings attend her! While we live, we will cherish, protect and defend her; Tho' the scorner may sneer at, and witlings defame her, Still our hearts swell with gladness whenever we name her. Hurrah! Hurrah! The Old North State Forever Hurrah! Hurrah! The good Old North State!"

"Maybe teen marriage is all the rage in Hicksville, North Carolina, but I swear if you marry this boy I'm gonna have annulment papers drawn up so fast..."