It is not differences of opinion; it is geographical lines, rivers, and mountains which divide State from State, and make different nations of mankind.

African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing.

The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form.

Truthfulness is a cornerstone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will ever after be a weak spot in the foundation.

Truth crushed to earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again.

The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel.

Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will whenever they become destructive of the ends for which they were established.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

All we ask is to be let alone.

Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southerner apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance.

A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever.

I just completed a long car trip on a Sunday in August with two small children, which believe me is enough to convince you that Samuel Beckett was right about everything.

I think I tried to steal a Mars bar once from a shop but then I went and put it back.

I'd never allow myself to let myself call myself a coward.

This man dresses like an unmade bed.

The truth is that the United States doesn't need, and shouldn't have, a debt ceiling. Every other democratic country, with the exception of Denmark, does fine without one.

I've supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality and fairness for all.

If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems.

I was actually really happy with where my game was at. That's probably the most disappointing aspect.

What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?

"True" resembles... a compliment paid to sentences that seem to be paying their way and that fit in with other sentences which are doing so.