Quotes About Louisiana

No woman will be licensed to preach in the Louisiana Presbytery as long as I'm a member of it!

To keep the Indians beyond the 95th meridian and to prevent unauthorized white men from crossing it, soldiers were garrisoned in a series of military posts that ran southward from Fort Snelling on the Mississippi River to forts Atkinson and Leavenworth on the Missouri, forts Gibson and Smith on the Arkansas, Fort Towson on the Red, and Fort Jesup in Louisiana.

The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, and the subsequent admission of a portion of that Territory into the Union as a State, afforded one of the earliest occasions for the manifestation of sectional jealousy, and gave rise to the first threats, or warnings (which proceeded from New England), of a dissolution of the Union. Yet, although negro slavery existed in Louisiana, no pretext was made of that as an objection to the acquisition.

The use of the term Dixie as a nickname for the South was inspired by the popularity throughout the United States of the Louisiana "Dix", or $10 banknote, issued by New Orleans firms.

Pigeoners (some professional game dealers, most opportunists) came from every corner of the United States—Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Massachusetts, Alabama, and Louisiana (to name a few).

When you get into Louisiana, it really is like a different country in a lot of ways. The plants you see are a little different, like the weeping willows and the cypress trees that come up out of the bayou. And it's steamy hot.

Discrimination isn't welcome in Louisiana, but as is the case often, folks running for office seem to forget that we have an obligation to protect all of our citizens.

I believe that a strong public education system is essential to the well-being of Louisiana children and communities.

Louisiana is a trade powerhouse.

But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana.

In Louisiana, we are resilient, and we are determined to meet any challenge that comes our way.

When I get down to Louisiana, I get to have a taste of some of that great food.

American taxpayers have been generous to Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

And I was lucky enough to have teachers that really, really looked out for me and really encouraged all that. And in rural Louisiana, that was a rare thing back then.

January 18th. Georgia secedes [from the union]. 21st. Withdrawal from the Senate of Jefferson Davis and other southern senators. 26th. (To Mrs. C. W. Pratt) Herewith I send you my autograph, which you request. 26th. Louisiana secedes.

Stubborn Cajun meets stubborn Cajun. Will they get together or drown each other in the bayou? ~Ric

Down in Louisiana we call that Boogie Woogie!

Women politicians have definitely been known to fuck over other women. Democratic Louisiana

In Louisiana, you can drive when you're 15 - you could get your driving permit. I remember, during driver's ed, I fell asleep at the wheel one day. I was tired. The guy shook me and switched and said he was getting into the driver's seat. I didn't fail, so I guess you can fall asleep occasionally. It's Louisiana.

A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.

It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been given the blessed assignment of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.

Louisiana has a storied history in filmmaking, with one of the world's most diverse settings for cinematic and television productions.

My mom had to be resourceful. She grew up dirt poor in rural Louisiana.

I went to Louisiana Tech, which is just down the road from where we lived. It was an easy college to get into.