Acceptance Quote by Rutherford B. Hayes

If any doubt has arisen as to me, my country [Virginia] will have my political creed in the form of a "Declaration &c." which…

— Thomas Jefferson

Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interest - the…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. Let north and south - let…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it…

— Salmon P. Chase

To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not…

— Abraham Lincoln

No matter which administration is in power, and no matter which President is delivering the State of the Union, I will continue to pursue…

— Abigail Spanberger

For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me…

— Martin Van Buren

“The formality that is left in the South now is quite dead and done for of course.”

— Flannery O'Connor

“I'll be certain to feel superior as they hurl insults and rocks in my direction." "I thought southern people were supposed to be warm…

— Andrea Laurence

A true Southerner will never say in 2-3 words what can better be said in 10-12.

— Charles Kuralt

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

And on this you have my pledge - unlike in the past, when you stood up and did what was right, this governor will…

— Chris Christie