Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"It has got to have such influence in all national affairs that, regardless of which party has come into power, the brains and the talent of the Southern States are as willing and as well organized, an..."

"And I want to make one thing clear, my friends."

"And most of it, I suppose, was good."

"I should like to say, gentlemen, that some very, very great oaks have grown from small acorns--and he looks like a pretty good-sized acorn to me."