Liberal Southerner Quotes & Sayings

When Kennedy could not get the civil rights bill passed - and he was the big liberal - Lyndon Johnson came in and it got passed, and he was the conservative and the southerner. So sometimes in politics, to get something done, it takes a special kind of knowledge and a special kind of person, but it doesn't always follow the party lines. — Jim Brown

The dinosaurs invented Jesus to test our confidence in science. — Karl Hess

For nourishment, consolation, exhilaration, and refreshment, no wine can rival the love of Jesus. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

students today are educated collecting dots. Almost none of it spent teaching
them the skills necessary to connect dots. The magic of connecting dots is that once you learn the techniques, the dots can change but you'll still be good at connecting them. — Seth Godin

Bravery is a requisite virtue because life demands it. — Joseph M. Marshall III

You don't return people's smiles - it's perfectly clear to you that people can smile and smile and still be villains. — Helen Oyeyemi

After all, history proved that eventually, everyone leaves me. Why would you be any different?
Now I know that you were.
Are. — Leisa Rayven

It seemed to me then - and to be honest, sir, seems to me still - that America was engaged only in posturing. As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of your own difference, assumptions of your own superiority ... . Such an America had to be stopped in the interests not only in the rest of humanity, but also in your own. — Mohsin Hamid

Every Southerner, I think, knows people like Bill Clinton, maybe not quite as smart and maybe not quite as liberal, but kind of a glad-handing, country-club yuppie Southerner. The problem is we don't have labels for middle-class Southerners. — John Shelton Reed

To square the records, however, it should be said that if the Calvinist does not rise as high, he usually stays up longer. He places more emphasis on the Holy Scriptures which never change, while his opposite number (as the newspapers say) tends to judge his spiritual condition by the state of his feelings, which change constantly. This may be the reason that so many Calvinistic churches remain orthodox for centuries, at least in doctrine, while many churches of the Arminian persuasion often go liberal in one generation. — A.W. Tozer

When I get ready to go out, it's half hour and we're out of the door. I don't want to waste time getting ready: I want to go and have fun. — Meghan Markle

You just stay patient, that's all. — Kobe Bryant