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Then it was that the exports of slaves from Virginia and the Carolinas was so great that the population of those States remained almost, if… — Henry Charles Carey
Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith? — Caleb Cushing
Sister Virginia used to say, 'You'll be known by the company you keep.' — Michael Scheuer
I guess the language that Justice Ginsburg used at the closing of the VMI (United States v. Virginia Military Institute) case is an important thing;… — Ted Olson
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now,… — Francis Pharcellus Church
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and… — Francis Pharcellus Church
Of course the welfare of our children is a legitimate state interest. However, limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples fails to further this interest. Instead, needlessly… — Arenda L. Wright Allen
There is absolutely no reason to suspect that prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to recognize their out-of-state marriages will cause same-sex couples to… — Henry Franklin Floyd
So this judge in Virginia rules that a lesbian wasn't fit to raise her own daughter because she might grow up to be a lesbian,… — Chris Cannon
Virginia and Maryland attorneys argued this is a national problem and needs a national solution. I'm hoping that with a federal court agreeing this is… — Walter Smith
For a mile up and down the open fields before us the splendid lines of the veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia swept down… — Unknown Author
Your little army, derided for its want of arms, derided for its lack of all the essential material of war, has met the grand army… — Jefferson Davis
Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even… — Robert E. Lee
I am not of Virginia blood; she is of mine. — Joshua Chamberlain
All I ever wanted was a Virginia farm, no end of cream and fresh butter and fried chicken - not one fried chicken, or two,… — Robert E. Lee
An otherwise happily married couple may turn a mixed doubles game into a scene from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. — Rod Laver
Lee tells his troops. After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to… — Robert E. Lee
I'm from West Virginia. If you didn't know what was happening in NASCAR, you were on the outside. NASCAR is a big league sport, but… — Randy Moss
A lot of good things start in Virginia; a lot of good things have started in Virginia. We're no strangers to firsts. — Robert Hurt
I can't think of a better place to be than Scottsville, Virginia. — Robert Hurt
It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta -… — Knute Nelson
On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first. — Morgan Griffith
A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [Virginia legislators] have petitioned the… — Benjamin Franklin
I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once -- I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on… — Dan Chaon
She pulled off Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse and settled down in a comfortable leather chair by the fire to read. — Unknown Author

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