"Mr. President; how does that compare with what happened during 4 years under German occupation? During 4 years while the German army was there, there were two cases of criminal assault, and in each case, the man guilty was apprehended and shot the very day the assault happened, while in the cases of American culprits files would have to come back to Washington, the opposition of the Organization for the Advancement of Colored People would have to be faced, a fight against the infliction of the penalty would be made by the Communist Party, this group and that group, so that it would take 7 or 8 months before any sentence was carried out, and by that time the entire effect of the punishment would be lost."

“I have no prejudice in my heart, but the white race is the superior race and the Negro race an inferior race and the races must be kept separate by law.”

“Our faith is strong that long after Senator Eastland and his present subcommittee are gone, long after segregation has lost its final battle in the South, long after all that was known as McCarthyism is a dim, unwelcome memory, long after the last Congressional committee has learned that it cannot tamper successfully with a free press, The New York Times will be speaking for who make it, and only for who make it, and speaking, without fear or favor, the truth as it sees it.”

“You've inserted the thin end of the wedge by allowing stinking niggers into such a fine hotel.”

“As I said, we have more Nigra professional men, more businessmen, we have substantial Nigra cotton planters. In fact, they have made more progress in the south than in the north. The master-servant relationship today is largely a northern product.”

“The Anglo-Saxon people have held steadfast to the belief that resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.”

“I am sure you are not going to permit the NAACP to control your state.”