#south

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union. ↗

— George Mason

#agreed #because #bring #disgraceful #i

It's a melting pot, southern Africa. You find these cultural collisions that result in art and music, and it's pretty amazing. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#amazing #art #cultural #find #melting

In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government. ↗

— John Moody

#before #civil #civil war #decade #federal

We wait here to meet the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam to discuss together a ceremony of orderly transfer of power so as to avoid any unnecessary bloodshed in the population. ↗

— Duong Van Minh

#avoid #bloodshed #ceremony #discuss #government

Europe has to avoid old prejudices and new ones. That means north versus south, rich versus poor. ↗

— Mario Monti

#europe #means #new #north #old

Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ↗

— James Mooney

#although #among #considered #contrary #dance

We tried to set up a company that patterned ourselves after Southwest in all the fun, the spirit, the great people, the smile, the efficiency side of it, but we've added some extras that people aren't used to finding on Southwest. ↗

— David Neeleman

#after #company #efficiency #extras #finding

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution. ↗

— Alan Paton

#contribution #creative #different #each #envision

But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says about 20th-century hero-making. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#about #believe #elvis #elvis presley #his

I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#airs #also #because #beloved #car