Adoption Quote by George Washington

I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War.

— Elbridge Gerry

this last establishment will probably be within a mile of Charlottesville, and four from Monticello, if the system should be adopted at all by…

— Thomas Jefferson

My country is bleeding, my people are perishing around me. But I feel as a South Carolinian, I am bound to tell the North,…

— Angelina Grimke

“The South must be opened to the light of law and liberty, and this session of Congress is relied upon to accomplish this important…

— Frederick Douglass

I have the opportunity to put the state of South Carolina on the map.

— Ja Morant

Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans…

— Mark Warner

The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government…

— Thaddeus Stevens

You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened…

— Caleb Cushing

You can expect to see a robust discussion and representation of those issues throughout the convention program. Not just from the nominee, but through…

— Leah D. Daughtry

All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as…

— Robert E. Lee

Our country needs real, less divisive, less violent leadership on the issue of race, and there is no better place to start than in…

— Nancy Mace

[The South] is ****ed for its virtues and praised for its faults, and there are those who wish its annihilation. But most revealing of…

— Richard M. Weaver