With us, when you speak of ‘the river,’ though there be many, you mean always the same one, the great river, the… — William Alexander Percy Copy Share Image
It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
I felt no obligation to bow to any 21st Century political correctness. What I did feel an obligation to do was to… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
And the fact that Emmett Till, a young black man, could be found floating down the river in Mississippi, as, indeed, many… — Fred Shuttlesworth Copy Share Image
Of course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down there. — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to repeat what all know. All mapmakers should place the Mississippi in the same location and avoid originality. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
It would appear that the state of Mississippi has decided to maintain white supremacy by murdering children. — Roy Wilkins Copy Share Image
My wife is from Laurel, Mississippi, and she has a lot of relatives down in Louisiana, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport, Louisiana. We… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
If I was an exceptional human being in Detroit, then I saw no reason why I couldn't be an exceptional human being… — Victoria Gray Adams Copy Share Image
Hollywood is run by people who sit up in their executive office, who are not connected to Mississippi, Alabama, Chicago, South Carolina.… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
After we testified before the Credentials Committee in Atlantic City, their Mississippi representative testified also. He said I got 600 votes but… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
Usually we look at it like, "Oh, black people couldn't vote in Mississippi because they had to take a literacy test." But… — Stanley Nelson Jr Copy Share Image
I am determined to get every Negro in the state of Mississippi registered. — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to… — Zebulon Pike Copy Share Image
The second person to write a story about a young boy and an escaped slave on the Mississippi wasn't a novelist, he… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut,… — Charles Lyell Copy Share Image
“The moon was obscured by heavy clouds. January was already past the mid-mark and the early delta spring would soon be on… — Leslie H. Whitten Jr Copy Share Image
I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade the Mississippi,… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
I grew up in Mississippi being told it was a great place, but not feeling that. When I finally began reading seriously,… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
There are a million Negroes in Mississippi. I think they'll take care of me. — James Meredith Copy Share Image
What would we say if the Chinese sent a gunboat with their marines up the Mississippi River claiming they were protecting their… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
We must educate and train our children to compete and succeed in the 21st century. Our kids are not going to grow… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
What little family I got is in Mississippi. A whole lot of them died before I left, and my sister died a… — Pinetop Perkins Copy Share Image
“Later they took him to Jackson and that explained it; he was crazy.” — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
