Lester Maddox quotes
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“Why would we have different races if God meant us to be alike and associate with each other?”
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“The reason he [Jimmy Carter] says he never lies is because he thinks the truth originates with him.”
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“Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.”
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“That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.”
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“On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.”
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Source : "A. Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait". Book by Jervis Anderson, epigraph, p. VII, 1972.
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“Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.”
Source : 1931 'Too Much!'.
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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 69, 1895.
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“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”
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“In film, you are a totally different person than in the video.”
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