Quotes tagged ‘KKK’

“Go back to the beginning, Thomas Jefferson wrote what many believed to be the most important civil document in human history, but he was a slaveholder. We’ve never lived up to our American ideals, Jefferson himself didn’t. But what he wrote has pulled us towards justice for more than two centuries a…”

— Joe Biden, rev.com

“It is both clear language and in code, this president has fanned the flames of white supremacy in this nation. His low energy, vacant eyed mouthing the words written for him condemning white supremacists this week I don’t believe fooled anyone at home or abroad. His energetic embrace, an energetic e…”

— Joe Biden, rev.com

“When he said after Charlottesville there were, and I quote, 'very fine people on both sides', I said, then it gave license and safe harbor to white supremacists and Neo Nazis and the Klu Klux Klan. These words not only stunned America, but they stunned the world and in doing so, he has signed a mora…”

— Joe Biden, rev.com

“Oh, look at my African-American over there.”

— Donald Trump, youtube.com

“Chef: [talking to Cartman, who's dressed like a Klansman] Remind me to whoop your ass good next time I see you.”

— Philip Stark, Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Chef, Isaac Hayes, imdb.com

“Stan: Aw man, I feel like a total choad. Cartman: Aw come on, Stan. Maybe that's because you look like a total choad. Chef: Hello there, Children! Cartman: Hey, Chef! Chef: [after looking at Cartman who's dressed like a Klansman] Aah! Cartman: Whoa, Chef's really scared of ghosts, huh?”

— Philip Stark, Matt Stone, Stan Marsh, Trey Parker, imdb.com

“When I was a baby Momma named me after the great civil war hero general Nathan Bedford Forrest. She said we were related to him in some way what he did was: He started up this club called the Ku Klux Klan they'd all dress up in their robes and their bed sheets and act like a bunch of ghosts and spoo…”

— Winston Groom, Charlie Peters, Eric Roth, Ernest Thompson, Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, amazon.com

“All those who wore sheets a long time ago have now lifted them off and started wearing uh, clothing, uh, with a name, say, I am part of the Tea Party.”

— Sheila Jackson Lee, theatlantic.com

“What do you call a Shark in the KKK... A great white”

— rlcaust, reddit.com

“I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.”

— Charles Barkley, slate.com

“One modest suggestion for my friends in the academic community: the next time a mob of students, waving their non-negotiable demands, starts pitching bricks and rocks at the student union—just imagine they are wearing brown shirts or white sheets—and act accordingly.”

— Spiro Agnew, books.google.com

“I saw an article about a guy who plays blues—a black guy who hangs out with the Ku Klux Klan. So I watched him, like, what is this guy doing? He made sense. He said, "Listen. If you just sit down and talk to a person and just listen to him, I guarantee you that you have something in common." And at…”

— Shaquille O'Neal, esquire.com

“If you can separate the KKK and Westboro from Christianity then you should be able to separate ISIS from Islam.”

— Anonymous, bushralj.tumblr.com

“I was there growing up at the time when they let the KKK march down the street. And what was the issue? It was a freedom of speech issue. They're thumbing their nose at us, but you know what? It's better to have an America where these idiots get to walk down the street and spout their hate. That's t…”

— Billy Corgan, infowars.com