10 Quotes by Stetson Kennedy

There is more than one way to be Kluxed, and we need to think about ourselves and the kind of people we elect into public office.

The bed sheet brigade is bad enough, but the real threat to Americans and human rights today is the plain clothes Klux in the halls of government and certain black-robed Klux on court benches.

I recall Ghandi said ultimately all things devolve into the political, but I'd argue that all things devolve into pro-people and anti-people. And I can pose the question, which side are you on?

One time somebody asked me what Woody and I talked about, ... You know, we didn't talk that much. We didn't have to. I knew what he thought, and he knew what I thought.

I did dramatize some of my reporting about the Klan when I wrote that book. I thought that everybody knew I was trying to reach a big audience with the Klan book.

Oral history represents a democratization of the history-telling process ... this thing of having history recorded from on high for us, instead of doing it for ourselves, has proven to be a risky business. We need to have history from the bottom up.

The real threat are the unrobed Klan in the halls of government, ... Dissident at Large.

Dottie perched on the edge of the desk, crossed her legs, and looked at me coyly over her highball. I leaned back . . .

In all modesty, I am a hard man to discredit.