Virginians Quotes

• The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!

  Patrick Henry

  Revolution, Distinction, New Yorkers

  Patrick Henry (2007). “Patrick Henry in his speeches and writings and in the words of his contemporaries”, Warwick House Publishing

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• I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.

  William Faulkner

  Littles, Time Left, Snob

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• We Virginians do not go to the storied shrines of the past to do worship but rather to gain inspiration.

  Douglas Southall Freeman

  Inspiration, Past, Shrines

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• Virginians! With me! Who will come with me!?

  Lewis Armistead

  War, Civil War

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• The thing that influenced me most in relation to 'Nanny McPhee' were the Westerns I watched with my father. All the Spaghetti Westerns; all the Virginians; all the High Chaparrals. Because if you think about the form, it's a stranger from out of town.

  Emma Thompson

  Father, Thinking, Nannies

  Interview with Andrew Marr, news.bbc.co.uk. March 28, 2010.

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• The Army of Northern Virginia was never defeated. It merely wore itself out whipping the enemy.

  Jubal Early

  Military, War, Army

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• According to Adams, Jefferson proposed that he, Adams, do the writing [pf the Declaration of Independence], but that he declined, telling Jefferson he must do it. Why?" Jefferson asked, as Adams would recount. Reasons enough," Adams said. What can be your reasons?" Reason first: you are a Virginian and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. Reason second: I am obnoxious, suspected and unpopular. You are very much otherwise. Reason third: You can write ten times better than I can.

  David McCullough

  Writing, Independence, Firsts

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• You are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. I am obnoxious, suspected and unpopular; you are very much otherwise. And you can write ten times better than I can.

  John Adams

  Writing, Revolution, Obnoxious

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1850). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.514

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• General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and will not fail you here. Will you boys?

  John Brown Gordon

  War, Boys, Men

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• I can see it now: Osama bin Laden goes up to the pearly gates where George Washington comes out, starts beating him and is then joined by 70 other members of the Continental Congress. Osama will say, Hey, wait! Where are my 71 virgins? And George will reply It's 71 Virginians, you asshole!

  Robin Williams

  Waiting, Hey, Osama Bin Laden

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• Never, under any circumstances, let the Virginian wolfsnake near a typewriter.

  Daniel Handler

  Typewriters, Circumstances

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• I am not a Virginian, I am an American.

  Patrick Henry

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• My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard.

  Robert Ballard

  Virginia, Half, Splits

  Interview with Jim Clash, www.askmen.com.

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• I was the legal counsel in the effort to amend the Virginia Constitution to give Virginians the right to hunt and fish constitutionally, and we are one of the few states in the country to protect that right.

  Tim Kaine

  Country, Virginia, Giving

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• Virginians were nice, they confided to each other, if caught singly. Two Virginians, of course, talked horses.

  Isabel Scott Rorick

  Horse, Nice, Two

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• I'm a native West Virginian and I've been called everything from a hillbilly to a stump jumper. I'm always proud of it; I'm very proud to be a West Virginian.

  John Raese

  Proud, West, Hillbilly

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• I am very proud of the critical role West Virginians play in providing energy to our nation.

  Joe Manchin

  Play, Energy, Roles

  "In maiden speech, Manchin steers towards center" by Josiah Ryan, thehill.com. February 3, 2011.

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