George Wallace was a noted racist and appealed to voters who shared his racist opinions and beliefs. Part of Wallace's "genius" was his ability to use coded racist language, language which highlighted his racist opinions and ideas yet couldn't easily be used to identify him as a flagrant racist to the public.
The colonies had been practicing limited forms of self-government since the early ... persecution in England demanded the freedom to worship according to their faiths. ... The colonies along the eastern coast of North America were formed under ... belief that colonies existed in order to increase the mother country's wealth
