Lester Maddox Quotes

#1. Sydney Poitier, who said to Lester Maddox, Guess who's not coming to dinner? Never got a dinner!

Red Buttons

#2. That made Dad pretty mad, so he said
"NO SON OF MINE IS A QUITTER!"
Which isn't really true at all. I'm a HUGE quitter, and so is Rodrick. And I think Manny is on his third of fourth preschool by now.

Jeff Kinney

#3. A champion views resistance as a gift of energy.

Michael J. Gelb

#4. Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.

Lester Maddox

#5. That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.

Lester Maddox

#6. The reason he [Jimmy Carter] says he never lies is because he thinks the truth originates with him.

Lester Maddox

#7. By reaching out, more comes back than you can possibly imagine.

Christopher Reeve

#8. I think the important thing is that there be plenty of newspapers, with plenty of different people controlling them, so that there are a variety of viewpoints, so there is a choice for the public. This is the freedom of the press that is needed.

Rupert Murdoch

#9. Of evils one should choose the least.
[Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#10. Why would we have different races if God meant us to be alike and associate with each other?

Lester Maddox

#11. I did '24;' it was terrible. I hated every moment of it.

Freddie Prinze Jr.

#12. Not that far away, Ms. Fate, the Nightside's very own leather-costumed transvestite superheroine, was dancing on a tabletop with demon girl reporter Bettie Divine.

Simon R. Green