Quotes from Corey Stewart

Nothing is worse than a Yankee telling a Southerner that his monuments don't matter.

Only a jerk would talk politics on Mother's Day.

I was similar to Trump well before I joined his campaign.

For the average person, 98 percent of those who fought in the Civil War, they did not own slaves. They were simply answering the call, and in this case many, many young men - 17, 18 years old - coming in to defend what they saw as a federal invasion of Virginia, and they fought honorably.

It's unsurprising that while Americans and Donald Trump are working to re-establish the rule of law and rebuild civil society in America, CNN once again flies off the handle and tries to make everything about race in order to keep Americans divided.

We need to have our children look up to real role models.

The men and women who serve in the armed forces are great role models.

I challenge anybody to find a single racist statement that I've ever made.

I've always been very bold - some would say brash. I've always said very edgy, controversial statements.

I'm not going to back down from my controversial positions. If I were to do that, my base would be gone. And so my strategy is just, continue to speak the truth, even if it is controversial.

Anybody can endorse me; that's their choice. That does not mean that I support their views.

When you say you're from Virginia, when you travel outside of this state and somebody asks where you're from, you say with pride, 'I am from Virginia. I'm very, very proud of it.' You're very, very proud of it. And why is it? It's because of our history, folks. It's because of our history.

Trump will be America's law and order president, and I look forward to working with him as the law and order governor of Virginia.

Tim Kaine can't point to a single accomplishment in the United States Senate for Virginia or Virginians.

When you receive national recognition for leading the nation's toughest crackdown on illegal immigration and serving as Donald Trump's Virginia State Chairman, you get used to being falsely labeled as racist and xenophobic by the mainstream media, especially by 'The Washington Post''s editorial board, which has labeled me as such things for years.

The 'Post' seems to think my strong stance on illegal alien criminals will be a liability in my run for governor of Virginia.

Over my dead body when I'm governor of Virginia are we ever going to take down the statue of Robert E. Lee or Stonewall Jackson or any hero of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

It's the state of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. That is our heritage. It is what makes us Virginia.