Also Quote by Gregg Harper

As I grew older I began to realize that Mississippi really wasn't that bad. The basis for progress has always been there. And the…

— Mike Espy

Here's to the State of Mississippi,

— Phil Ochs

Everyone thinks because you're from the south you know everyone down there, but it's not like that; I never knew nothing about no Mississippi.

— Buddy Guy

The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit. The Mississippi Valley is as…

— Mark Twain

Mississippi is a beautiful, powerful state. We have many natural resources: from the fertile soil that produces our crops to the beautiful coastline that…

— Tate Reeves

I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.

— Little Milton

Air service is an important asset for rural communities in Mississippi.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

Northern Wisconsin, where I'm from, is so ridiculously rural.

— Trixie Mattel

Mississippi is home to a significant level of national defense work, such as shipbuilding, aircraft manufacturing, and critical research.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

Growing up in Mississippi, I realized that it was separate and unequal and all that, but it was still a safe place.

— Morgan Freeman

I grew up in Mississippi being told it was a great place, but not feeling that. When I finally began reading seriously, literature showed…

— Richard Ford

The real problem in Mississippi is almost a complete moral breakdown. In order to move Mississippi from the bottom to the top, all we…

— James Meredith