This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen. — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
“The only thing worse than saying something boring is to quote someone else's boring saying” — Lee Owens Copy Share Image
Growing up in Mississippi, I realized that it was separate and unequal and all that, but it was still a safe place. — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
The distance between taking social action and having the knowledge is as wide as the mouth of the Mississippi. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
It is a great honor to serve Mississippi as its first female United States Senator. — Cindy Hyde-Smith Copy Share Image
The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise... — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
I'm not a liberal elite who was educated in the northeast, for example, I'm just a kid from Mississippi. — Shepard Smith Copy Share Image
Music is in Mississippi's DNA, whether it's the blues, country music, folk, or rock 'n' roll. It's not just a source of… — Cindy Hyde-Smith Copy Share Image
The conditions in the prisons operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections are absolutely inhumane and unconstitutional. — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
The Mississippi and its paddle boats, and the rivers of Bengal and their gleaming steamers evoked a similar atmosphere of romance, of… — Qurratulain Hyder 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
I'm also a blues musician, and all blues artists can trace their pain to the slavery fields of the Mississippi Delta. — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
In fiction, too, after the death of Cooper the main tendency for nearly a generation was away from the conquest of new… — Carl Clinton Van Doren Copy Share Image
“You said you left Mississippi in 1854," Ron says. He turns to Mamuwalde and asks "Were you a runaway slave?" "Not at… — Daven Anderson Copy Share Image
The people of Mississippi overwhelmingly voted to keep our flag in 2001. I oppose unilateral action by the governor or the Legislature… — Tate Reeves Copy Share Image
There's a potter that lived back in the 1800s, in Biloxi, Mississippi, and his name was George Ohr. He was of Russian… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
“Sir Walter Scott created rank & caste in the South and also reverence for and pride and pleasure in them. Life on… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Mississippi is a beautiful, powerful state. We have many natural resources: from the fertile soil that produces our crops to the beautiful… — Tate Reeves Copy Share Image
I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
Remember...this year has already seen more billion-dollar weather-related disasters than any year in US history. Last year was the warmest ever recorded… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
One thing I noticed after being down in Mississippi for the shoot was that words like "God" and "Jesus" are used all… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
“Between 1882 and 1968, more black people were lynched in Mississippi than in any other state. “You and I know what’s the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the… — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
Living in Montgomery, I've been antagonized by the emergence of a narrative about our history that I believe is quite false and… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Ninety-nine percent of girls want to be models because they believe it will mean that they are the most beautiful women in… — Crystal Renn Copy Share Image
Coming from the South, I just felt you had to work just a little bit harder. It was not going to be… — Jerry Rice Copy Share Image
Liberals believe that crime is inextricably linked with poverty. In reality, most poor people never resort to crime, and some wealthy people… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The only thing I really feel is necessary is that the black people, not only in Mississippi, will have to actually upset… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
“Drilling without thinking has of course been Republican party policy since May 2008. With gas prices soaring to unprecedented heights, that's when… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
“Things have come a long way in Mississippi. That’s the usual shorthand. Perhaps nowhere else in America has made more progress in… — Richard Grant Copy Share Image
Old black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me? — Patrick Simmons Copy Share Image
It's already 95 degrees outside. Mississippi got the most unorganized weather in the nation. — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
I am determined to get every Negro in the state of Mississippi registered. — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience. — Elliott Smith 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
Most men are blinded by the words Bad Bitches and end up settling for less! — Surgeo Bell Copy Share Image
I always enjoy myself fighting in Mississippi. I enjoy myself fighting anywhere. — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
