"I believe that the American people are a people who have a genius for self-government."

"I have long held the conviction that the white race is the only race that has ever shown itself capable of self-government."

"The greatest strength of a nation is its people."

"The Negro is a danger to the white race."

"The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation... until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan."