George Wallace: Self - Governor of Alabama
Quotes
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George Wallace - Governor of Alabama : We had peace, but we got troops. No telling what we'd get if we had a little disorder. Might get the United Nations down on top of us.
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George Wallace - Governor of Alabama : I hope we never see another war of any sort in the world. But, I think it does us some good to reflect and draw on the courage of people who do fight and stand for what they believe in. And there were brave folks on both sides of that combat. They was just a lot more of them than there were of us.
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George Wallace - Governor of Alabama : That's William Lowndes Yancey there.
[points to a painting in the Governor's Mansion]
George Wallace - Governor of Alabama : I read a profound statement he made the other day, that, "To live is not all to life and to die is not all of death. I'd rather live a short life of standing for principal, than live a long life of compromise." Of course, that may not mean much to you folks.
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George Wallace - Governor of Alabama : I believe the separation is good for the negro citizen and the white citizen - and in their best interests. And if I do something that my heart tells me is good for both groups, there's not anything that runs counter to any religion or any law of morality. It's not sinful.
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George Wallace - Governor of Alabama : I've seen it happen myself. Here in Alabama, no negro is ever embarrassed. He knows the cafes he goes to. He knows the ones that the whites go to.
