Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south.

All students, members of the faculty, and public officials in both Mississippi and the Nation will be able, it is hoped, to return to their normal activities with full confidence in the integrity of American law. This is as it should be, for our Nation is founded on the principle that observance of the law is the eternal safeguard of liberty and defiance of the law is the surest road to tyranny.

Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.

No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue.

While we shall negotiate freely, we shall not negotiate freedom.

We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to it. I do not want civil power combined with religious power. I want to make it clear that I am committed as a matter of deep personal conviction to separation.