Virginia Quotes

240 Virginia quotes by 180 unique authors

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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