Famous quotes containing the words southern and/or portion:
“I think those Southern writers [William Faulkner, Carson McCullers] have analyzed very carefully the buildup in the South of a special consciousness brought about by the self- condemnation resulting from slavery, the humiliation following the War Between the States and the hope, sometimes expressed timidly, for redemption.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“A certain portion of the human race
Has certainly a taste for being diddled.”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)