Q. You were elected Governor of Alabama four times. At your first inauguration in 1963, you uttered your most memorable lines: "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." Why did you say that?
A. That's the reason I hate to give people interviews that ask about all that stuff. It happened a quarter-century ago. My vehemence was against the federal courts. I never said a word against black people in my heart since I ran for Governor.
Look at that. ((Wallace pulls from his desk drawer an honorary doctor of laws degree given to him by Tuskegee University, founded as an elementary...
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