Gov. George Wallace Quotes in Selma (2014)

Gov. George Wallace: How in Christ's sake does Malcolm X slip into my state, meet with the wife of the other one

[referring to MLK]

Gov. George Wallace: and give an actual speech to these

[racial epitaph removed]

Gov. George Wallace: who are already riled up enough, I mean how does that happen?

Gov. George Wallace: Mr. President, malcontents are disrupting Alabama and it's your responsibility to stop them.

President Lyndon B. Johnson: They're protesting about the right to vote and the way they're treated in your state, so that's your problem and it's your responsibility and it's on your watch.