Nine southern states adopted vagrancy laws, which…

“Nine Southern states adopted vagrancy laws - which essentially made it a criminal offense not to work and were applied selectively to blacks -…

— Michelle Alexander

“Vagrancy laws and other laws defining activities such as "mischief" and "insulting gestures" as crimes were enforced vigorously against blacks. The aggressive enforcement of…

— Michelle Alexander

If, after obtaining Buddhahood, anyone in my land gets tossed in jail on a vagrancy rap, may I not attain highest perfect enlightenment.

— Gary Snyder

“Vagrancy is deliverance, and a life on the open road is the essence of freedom. To have the courage to smash the chains with…

— Gunnar Kopperud

Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interest - the…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

Is it to be expected that the Southern States will deliver themselves bound hand and foot to the Eastern States? A few rich merchants…

— George Mason

“the Southern States rebelled against the usurpation of their rights under the Constitution as sovereign states. It’s critical to remember that, until that time,…

— Joseph Befumo

It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property throughout the…

— Jefferson Davis

The Southern Progress Fund will bring much-needed resources into multiple Southern states where Democrats must identify up-and-coming leaders and build a bench of strong…

— Ronnie Musgrove

The Civil War ravaged the Southern states, while leaving the North untouched.

— Eustace Mullins

Slavery has become so engrafted into the policy of the Southern States, that it cannot be eradicated without tearing up by the roots their…

— William Loughton Smith

The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.

— Belle Boyd

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.

— Henry Rollins

When it comes to the southern states, I used to actually live in Louisiana for a year.

— Drew McIntyre

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed…

— George Mason