[Confederate flag] it's a symbol of racial hatred.

South Carolina, as a matter of compromise, displays the Confederate flag on a flagpole in front of the state capitol. Because I grew up…

— John Edwards

“The CSS Alabama’s captain, Rafael Semmes, was a devout Catholic who saw the Civil War as a religious struggle. He associated Northern Puritanism with…

— Andrew Lees

I think that it's appropriate to have the Confederate flag perhaps in a museum, but it is not a unifying symbol.

— Martin Luther King III

I think the ties to slavery and the terrible tragedy that followed the Civil War with Jim Crow and racial violence is closely linked…

— William R. Ferris

For black folks, the Confederate flag represents the same thing that the Nazi flag represents to the Jews. There is absolutely no difference when…

— Ken Page

For me, the things like the Confederate flag - I just don't think that it does anybody much good, and it certainly causes a…

— Jason Isbell

The people that don't want change, the ones that don't see how removing Confederate flag creates so much more opportunities for our sport to…

— Bubba Wallace

Now, that doesn't mean that individuals can't have Confederate flags on their property. They have the right to do that. But again, it represents…

— Martin Luther King III

I don't fly the Confederate flag on my property, but I'm not going to try to belittle or embarrass anybody who wants to do…

— Corey Stewart

The only reason we used the Confederate flag was just because we were from the South, and we were proud of that.

— Gary Rossington

Anyone who says the Confederate Flag is a symbol of hate should be required to go to sensitivity training classes.

— Ezola B. Foster

I live in the South; there are Confederate flags everywhere.

— Jesmyn Ward

In South Carolina, the Confederate flag flies high on countless flagpoles. Those who defend this practice by saying it is part of Southern culture…

— Jack Schlossberg

It's time for the [Confederate] Flag to come down, because it just doesn't represent who we are as a people, as Americans anymore.

— Jack Hunter

Respect whatever it is [ Confederate flag] that you have to respect, because it was a point in time, and put it in a museum.

— Donald Trump