George Lincoln Rockwell Quotes


I don't believe in democracy… neither did our white forefathers. I believe, as they did, in a republican authoritarian republic with a limited electorate - just like the one the writers of our Constitution meant this country to be. When these white Christian patriots sat down to write the Declaration of Independence, there were no black citizens for them to worry about.


Context

He is wrong about his facts. At the time of the adoption of The Constitution, there were in the North some free Negroes who owned land and were able to vote—see Benjamin Banneker for one notable counter example. Another is Alexander Hamilton, one of whose parents were Black.


Citations

George Lincoln Rockwell, 1918-1967, Founder, American Nazi Party, Interview with Alex Haley, Playboy, April 1966

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George Lincoln Rockwell
George Lincoln Rockwell
  • Born: March 9, 1918
  • Died: August 25, 1967
  • Nationality:
  • Profession: Sailor, Commercial Artist, Magazine Publisher, Politician, Activist

George Lincoln Rockwell was an American politician and neo-Nazi. In 1959, he was discharged from the United States Navy because of his political views, and then founded the American Nazi Party.