“I love that we are one of the least unionized states in the country...We don't have unions in South Carolina because we don't need unions in South Carolina...And we'll make the unions understand full well that they are not needed, not wanted, and not welcome.” NeedsWellsCountryStatesWantedValuesNeededUnionsSouthConservativeWelcomeCarolinaSouth CarolinaConservative Values Author:Nikki Haley
“There's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism we like. Vulture capitalism, no. And the fact of the matter is that he's going to have to face up to this at some time or another, and South Carolina is as good a place to draw that line in the sand as any.” KnowsTryingRealMatterStatesDoneFactsUseProblemJobsFacesPresidentDifferencesLinesUnitedUnited StatesKnow HowRepublicanPaperDrawsCapitalismSouthSandTexasVentureCarolinaSouth CarolinaVultureLines In The Sand Author:Rick Perry
“We needed someone to recognize the importance of check and balances, accountability, transparency. There was a real systemic problem at South Carolina State, a problem that has gone on for 25 or 30 years” YearsRealStatesProblemGoneNeededBalanceImportanceSouthChecksAccountabilityTransparencyCarolinaSouth CarolinaNeeded Someone Author:Gwen Ifill
“Anything that could be conceived of that would separate black people from white people was devised and codified by someone in some state in the South. There were colored and white waiting rooms everywhere, from doctor's offices to the bus stations, as people may already know.” PeopleKnowsMayStatesWaitingBlackWhiteRoomsOfficeDoctorsSouthStationsBusBlack PeopleWaiting Rooms Author:Isabel Wilkerson
“I know that my grandfather is 92 years old. And he has seen this country evolve in amazing ways. He looks at South Carolina and he says, wow, what an amazing state that we have the blessing to live within because of the evolution.” KnowsWayYearsLooksCountryStatesEvolutionBlessingSouthEvolveWowGrandfatherMy GrandfatherCarolinaSouth Carolina Author:Tim Scott
“I've got the best job in the world being a senator from the United States, a senator from South Carolina in the United States Senate, representing South Carolina in the United States Senate is a dream job for me, but the world is literally falling apart. And we can't get anything done here at home. So that drives my thinking more than anything else.” ThinkingWorldStatesDoneHomeDreamJobsFallUnitedUnited StatesSouthSenateSenatorsFalling ApartRepresentingCarolinaBest JobSouth CarolinaDream Job Author:Lindsey Graham
“The central part of the state is more remote and less scenic, and there's a huge agricultural belt that stretches from the south of Lake Okeechobee to the border of Everglades National Park, where the restoration effort is being concentrated, .. Obviously the movement to save the Everglades runs up against agricultural concerns.” StatesRunningEffortMovementHugeConcernSouthBordersParksLakesAgricultureBeltsRestorationNational ParksScenicEverglades Author:Carl Hiaasen
“Many of the countries outpacing the United States in the deployment of high speed Internet services, including Canada, Japan and South Korea, have successfully combined municipal systems with privately deployed networks to wire their countries, .. As a country, we cannot afford to cut off any successful strategy if we want to remain internationally competitive.” IfsWantCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulCuttingInternetStrategySouthIncludingSpeedCanadaJapanWireKoreaDeploymentHigh SpeedSouth Korea Author:John McCain
“Please, accept the most sincere words of sympathy over the natural disaster that affected the United States . I know that hurricane Katrina that hit the US south-western coast led to casualties, left homeless dozens of thousands of US citizens and inflicted a strong damage to the economy of this region. I ask you to convey my condolences to the next of kin of those killed,.” KnowsStatesNextAsksLeftStrongNaturalUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesEconomyCitizensPleaseSouthWesternDisasterDamageRegionsAffectedSincereDozenHomelessCoastHurricanesCasualtiesKatrinaCondolencesNatural DisasterHurricane KatrinaWords Of SympathyMy Condolences Author:Vladimir Putin
“I think it would be nearly impossible to find someone who has contributed more to South Carolina than Carroll Campbell. His efforts to transform South Carolina's economy and raise our state's income levels are still paying dividends today.” ThinkingStillsStatesWould BeTodayLevelsEffortEconomyImpossibleRaisesSouthIncomeImpossibilityCarolinaDividendsSouth Carolina Author:Mark Sanford
“I think this is just the natural progression of Columbus gangs. They are getting older now, and they are looking for newer markets. We're really seeing them spreading throughout the state, especially south.” ThinkingStatesNaturalSeeingSouthGetting OldGangGetting OlderProgressionColumbus Author:Patricia Brooks
“The Communist leaders in Moscow, Peking and Hanoi must fully understand that the United States considers the freedom of South Viet Nam vital to our interests. And they must know that we are not bluffing in our determination to defend those interests.” KnowsStatesInterestUnitedLeaderUnited StatesDeterminationSouthCommunistMoscowCommunist LeadersHanoi Book:Selected speeches Source: Selected speeches
“If one is enlightened, one does not perceive life with North, South, East and West. There is no California, there is no New York. In a higher bonding state of attention, everything is fluid light.” IfsDoeStatesLightAttentionNew YorkHigherEnlightenmentWestSouthEastPerceiveCaliforniaEnlightenedFluidBondingEast And West Author:Frederick Lenz
“People tend to overlook the fact that North Korea's economy collapsed at about the same time as South Koreans lost faith in their own state. The late 1980s and early 1990s were a time when South Koreans were questioning the very legitimacy of their republic.” PeopleStatesFactsLostEconomyLateSouthRepublicQuestioningKoreaNorth KoreaKoreanLegitimacyLost Faith Author:Brian Reynolds Myers
“If South Korea is going to survive, and keep the peace on the peninsula, its citizens need to start conveying support for their state.” IfsNeedsStatesSupportCitizensSouthKoreaConveyingSouth KoreaPeninsulas Author:Brian Reynolds Myers
“In 1988, as an unknown candidate, totally unknown, I won Iowa, came in second in New Hampshire, won South Dakota. I was ahead in every Super Tuesday state the day after South Dakota. The only problem was I didn't have enough money. I had a million dollars left, and Al Gore had three and Michael Dukakis had three and it was lights out.” StatesEnoughProblemLightThreeLeftMillionsDollarsSouthCandidatesAlsMillion DollarsGoreTuesdayIowaDakotaHampshireNew HampshireSouth Dakota Author:Dick Gephardt
“The minute we leave south Lebanon we will have to erase the word Hezbollah from our vocabulary, because the whole idea of the State of Israel versus Hezbollah was sheer folly from the outset. It most certainly no longer will be relevant when Israel returns to her internationally recognized northern border.” IdeasStatesWholeMinutesReturnSouthIsraelBordersFollyRelevantSheerVocabularyVersusEraseLebanonHezbollah Author:Amos Oz
“Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interest - the interests of the white and of the colored people both and equally and to put forth my best efforts in behalf of a civil policy which will forever wipe out in our political affairs the color line and the distinction between North and South, to the end that we may have not merely a united North or a united South, but a united country.” PeopleMayEndsCountryStatesPoliticalDesireInterestLinesWhiteUnitedEffortForeverPolicyColorLet MeRegardSouthAffairDistinctionSouthernBehalfEarnestWipeTruestCountrymenBest EffortNorth And South Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“Other countries may boast of this and that, but nobody can touch the United States for poisonous snakes. We have about twenty species, most of them deadly, and Europe has only five or six, none of them much good. We have fifteen kinds of Rattlesnakes alone and nobody else has even one. [Footnote: There is a species in Central and South America, but it probably came from here.]” KindMayCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesFiveSixEuropeTwentiesSouthSpeciesOther CountriesFifteenSnakesBoastPoisonousSouth AmericaRattlesnakesPoisonous Snakes Author:Will Cuppy
“What our family has done is participate in the farm programs. And so the farm programs I think essentially almost every farmer in South Dakota has participated in those, and they haven't been bailouts, they have been programs that the United States has put forward for farmers to participate in.” ThinkingHas BeensStatesDoneUnitedUnited StatesHavensProgramSouthOur FamilyFarmsFarmersDakotaBailoutsSouth Dakota Author:Kristi Noem
“I say to my colleague from New York that if someone who has a concealed carry permit... in the State of South Dakota that goes to New York and is in Central Park - Central Park is a much safer place.” IfsStatesNew YorkSouthParksPermitColleaguesConcealedDakotaCentral ParkSouth DakotaConcealed Carry Author:John Thune
“South Carolina State Rep. Mike Pitts wants to ban money.” WantStatesSouthMikeBansCarolinaSouth Carolina Author:Charles Foster Johnson