George Wallace Quotes:

I guess maybe the only time I met George Wallace was when - at a boy scout meeting in Montgomery, and he met 10 or 15 of us from different areas. I'm not sure why I was there.

- Jeff Sessions

topic: Boys, Different, George Wallace

Coming out of the anti - coming out of the Republican heritage of Abraham Lincoln, Frank Johnson could see it more clearly than Alabamians would, which led to the big confrontations between Frank Johnson and George Wallace.

- Jeff Sessions

topic: Heritage, Republican, George Wallace

For all the talk about the bitterness and the partisanship in American politics, is it really that bitter and partisan? Think of American history. Think of Joseph McCarthy. Think of the New Left. Think of [George] McGovern. Think of [Ronald] Reagan. Think of George Wallace. We've had an awful lot of real extremism on both wings.

- William Kristol

source: Source: www.chicagomaroon.com

topic: Real, Thinking, Wings, George Wallace, Joseph Mccarthy

One thing that I'd just remind young people of is that when John Lewis, who's a member of Congress today, defied George Wallace and led the march from Selma to Montgomery, he was 23 years old. Martin Luther King was the old man in the bunch, and he was 35, so young people need to know that they've always been an important part of our society, have always been at the forefront of pushing for a more just America, and we can't be successful without the impatience, the vigor that young people bring to the fight for social justice.

- Keith Ellison

source: Source: harvardpolitics.com

topic: Kings, Fighting, Successful, George Wallace

At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black.

- George Clooney

source: "George Clooney Slams Prop 8". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2008.

topic: School, Gay, Issues, Gay Rights, Outdated

A man I admire and respect - Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with the worst chapter in American history, segregation, deaths of children in church bombings, George Wallace. That, to me, was so hurtful.

- John McCain

topic: Children, Hero, Men, American Hero, George Wallace

Among the roles Ive played on stage, television and in films were politicos as diverse as Abe Lincoln, Juan Peron, Herman Goering, George Wallace and both Roosevelts.

- Bob Gunton

topic: Roles, Goering, Television, Abe, George Wallace

Donald Trump is using an age-old trick of right wing populism, much like George Wallace, much like Joe McCarthy, Pitchfork Ben Tillman who in the 1880s and `90s was a rabid hateful racists who whipped up hate and hysteria for his own political benefit.

- Keith Ellison

source: Source: www.msnbc.com

topic: Hate, Wings, Hysteria, Pitchforks, Right Wing