--- title: "11 State Of Virginia Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 State Of Virginia quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best State Of Virginia sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/meg-waite-clayton-46827_higher-education_the-state-of-virginia-had-turned-down-tw_2333306.png" --- > [“...the state of Virginia had turned down twenty-one thousand women for admission to state colleges in 1970 while not turning away a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-waite-clayton/the-state-of-virginia-had-turned-down-twenty-one-thousand-women-for/) [Meg Waite Clayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-waite-clayton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/meg-waite-clayton-46827_higher-education_the-state-of-virginia-had-turned-down-tw_2333306.png) > [The State of Virginia is similar to a great business corporation... and should be conducted with the same efficiency and economy as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-f-byrd/the-state-of-virginia-is-similar-to-a-great-business-corporation-and/) Harry F. Byrd [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/harry-f-byrd-93537_any_the-state-of-virginia-is-similar-to-a-gr_2605558.jpg) > ['Old Dominion' is the nickname for the state of Virginia, and four of us have ties to Virginia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-ramsey/old-dominion-is-the-nickname-for-the-state-of-virginia-and-four-of-us/) [Matthew Ramsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-ramsey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/matthew-ramsey-11408_four_old-dominion-is-the-nickname-for-the-sta_2429294.jpg) > [A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercy-otis-warren/a-declaration-of-the-independence-of-america-and-the-sovereignty-of/) [Mercy Otis Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercy-otis-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/mercy-otis-warren-18671_america_a-declaration-of-the-independence-of-ame_1832807.jpg) > [Born Virginia Marshall but nicknamed Gig, my mother was a home economics teacher who had come all the way across the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-smith/born-virginia-marshall-but-nicknamed-gig-my-mother-was-a-home/) [Lee Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/lee-smith-15392_across_born-virginia-marshall-but-nicknamed-gig_366766.jpg) > [“General Lee was dressed in a full uniform which was entirely new, and was wearing a sword of considerable value, very likely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ulysses-s-grant/general-lee-was-dressed-in-a-full-uniform-which-was-entirely-new-and/) [Ulysses S. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ulysses-s-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/ulysses-s-grant-1793_quote_general-lee-was-dressed-in-a-full-unifor_34811.jpg) > [Today, I think more than ever before, we have to speak up and speak out to end discrimination based on sexual orientation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/today-i-think-more-than-ever-before-we-have-to-speak-up-and-speak-out/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/john-lewis-1310_discrimination_today-i-think-more-than-ever-before-we-h_2762154.jpg) > [“Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-smith/just-as-he-did-during-the-slavery-at-monticello-tour-david-did-not/) [Clint Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/clint-smith-4108_african-americans_just-as-he-did-during-the-slavery-at-mon_3043622.jpg) > [“I have also frequently heard people question the faith of Thomas Jefferson. However, in his 1781 notes on the state of Virginia,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/i-have-also-frequently-heard-people-question-the-faith-of-thomas/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/ben-carson-3320_faith_i-have-also-frequently-heard-people-ques_2498550.jpg) > [Science advances by trial and error. When mistakes are made, the peer-review publication process usually roots them out. Cuccinelli's version of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mandia/science-advances-by-trial-and-error-when-mistakes-are-made-the-peer/) Scott Mandia [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/scott-mandia-109956_achieve_science-advances-by-trial-and-error-when_2461717.jpg) > [“With Notes on the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson emerged as the preeminent American authority on Black intellectual inferiority. This status would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibram-x-kendi/with-notes-on-the-state-of-virginia-thomas-jefferson-emerged-as-the/) [Ibram X. Kendi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibram-x-kendi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/ibram-x-kendi-3080_black-people_with-notes-on-the-state-of-virginia-thom_2026163.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/state-of-virginia/#itemlist", "name": "State Of Virginia Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...the state of Virginia had turned down twenty-one thousand women for admission to state colleges in 1970 while not turning away a single man...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Meg Waite Clayton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-waite-clayton/the-state-of-virginia-had-turned-down-twenty-one-thousand-women-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/meg-waite-clayton-46827_higher-education_the-state-of-virginia-had-turned-down-tw_2333306.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/meg-waite-clayton-46827_higher-education_the-state-of-virginia-had-turned-down-tw_2333306.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/meg-waite-clayton-46827_higher-education_the-state-of-virginia-had-turned-down-tw_2333306.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...the state of Virginia had turned down twenty-one thousand women for admission to state colleges in 1970…” — Meg Waite Clayton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The State of Virginia is similar to a great business corporation... and should be conducted with the same efficiency and economy as any private business.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harry F. 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In my rough traveling suit, the uniform of a private with the straps of a lieutenant-general, I must have contrasted very strangely with a man so handsomely dressed, six feet high and of faultless form. But this was not a matter that I thought of until afterwards.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ulysses S. 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So sometimes I stop and ask myself, 'If Gettysburg had gone the wrong way, would people be quoting the Declaration of Independence or Notes on the State of Virginia?' It’s the same guy writing.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clint Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-smith/just-as-he-did-during-the-slavery-at-monticello-tour-david-did-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/clint-smith-4108_african-americans_just-as-he-did-during-the-slavery-at-mon_3043622.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/clint-smith-4108_african-americans_just-as-he-did-during-the-slavery-at-mon_3043622.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/clint-smith-4108_african-americans_just-as-he-did-during-the-slavery-at-mon_3043622.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. \"There’s a chapter in Notes…” — Clint Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I have also frequently heard people question the faith of Thomas Jefferson. However, in his 1781 notes on the state of Virginia, he wrote, “God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? 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However, in his 1781 notes on…” — Ben Carson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Science advances by trial and error. When mistakes are made, the peer-review publication process usually roots them out. Cuccinelli's version of the scientific process would be \"make an error and go to trial.\" Einstein did not arrive at E=mc2 in his first attempt. If he were working in the state of Virginia under Cuccinelli today, he could be jailed for his initial mistakes and perhaps never achieve that landmark equation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Scott Mandia" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mandia/science-advances-by-trial-and-error-when-mistakes-are-made-the-peer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/scott-mandia-109956_achieve_science-advances-by-trial-and-error-when_2461717.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/scott-mandia-109956_achieve_science-advances-by-trial-and-error-when_2461717.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/scott-mandia-109956_achieve_science-advances-by-trial-and-error-when_2461717.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Science advances by trial and error. 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Jefferson had to ignore his own advertisements for skilled runaways and the many advertisements from other planters calling for the return of their valuable skilled captives, who were “remarkably smart and sensible,” and “very ingenious at any work.” One wonders whether Jefferson really believed his own words. Did Jefferson really believe Black people were smart in slavery and stupid in freedom?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ibram X. 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