“I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150 years or so. I'm professionally obliged to believe that knowledge is better than ignorance, but some kinds of forgetting are OK with me.” YearsBelieveKindStatesSoundForgetRightsIgnoranceCustomersDoctrineObligedStates RightsSound Doctrine Author:John Shelton Reed
“Every Southerner, I think, knows people like Bill Clinton, maybe not quite as smart and maybe not quite as liberal, but kind of a glad-handing, country-club yuppie Southerner. The problem is we don't have labels for middle-class Southerners.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindCountryProblemClassMiddleSmartBillsClintonClubsGladLabelsMiddle ClassSouthernerCountry ClubsYuppies Author:John Shelton Reed
