Preserving Racial Segregation

Famous quotes containing the words racial segregation, preserving, racial and/or segregation:

“Martin Luther King, Jr., was the conscience of his generation.... He and I grew up in the same South, he the son of a clergyman, I the son of a farmer. We both knew from opposite sides, the invisible wall of racial segregation.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

“The poor President, what with preserving his popularity and doing his duty, is completely bewildered.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)

“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!”
—George C. Wallace (b. 1919)