„[Reconstruction was detestable] not because the Republican Party was dreaded but because the dominance of an ignorant and inferior race was justly dreaded.“

— Woodrow Wilson
„The past is so much safer, because whatever's in it has already happened. It can't be changed; so, in a way, there's nothing to dread.“
— Margaret Atwood
„I always feel I have to apologize to my friends who are Republicans because they’ve basically lost their party.“
— Gloria Steinem