Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.

- James Meredith

When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is an insult.

- James Meredith

My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution.

- James Meredith

I am thankful for the strong, united response of our university community to the desecration of the James Meredith statue last year, confirming our u…

- James Meredith

The day for the Negro man being a coward is over.

- James Meredith

There are a million Negroes in Mississippi. I think they'll take care of me.

- James Meredith