Southern States may refer to:
- Southern United States
- Southern States Cooperative
- The independent states of the South in the North-South divide
- The independent states of the Southern hemisphere
Famous quotes containing the words southern and/or states:
“My course is a firm assertion and maintenance of the rights of the colored people of the South according to the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, coupled with a readiness to recognize all Southern people, without regard to past political conduct, who will now go with me heartily and in good faith in support of these principles.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“The one who first states a case seems right, until the other comes and cross-examines.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 18:17.