Yes, you could say that I favored segregation then [1962]. I don't now. The main thing was, I felt the Federal Government had no business sending in troops to tell the state what to do.

— 1997, commenting to TIME about his senior year at Ole Miss
  From the Dec. 23, 2002 issue of TIME Magazine. Posted Sunday, Dec. 15, 2002
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