Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?
We shall continue to maintain segregation in Alabama completely and absolutely without violence or ill-will. … I advocate hatred of no man, because hate will only compound the problems facing the South. … We ask for patience and tolerance and make an earnest request that we be allowed to handle state and local affairs without outside interference.
I was wrong. Those days are over, and they ought to be over.