I knew the only way to beat Mississippi was with the United States military. I had not just the United States Army fighting my war against Mississipp… - James Meredith

You don't win elections just by having people on the roads who are on your side. You understand: Any good politicians knows if you can keep the right people away from the polls, it will make all the difference. Like this Florida thing: The whites sent out letters telling blacks they're going to be arrested (if they got a record when they vote). That's for real. I know there are more ways to keep people from doing something than to get them to do something. I guarantee you that the Republicans know more tricks than I do.

To get people to see beyond themselves is the most difficult thing of all.

Democracy has some good points, but it ain't hardly what most Americans think it is.