George Wallace's inauguration speech

George Wallace was a democrat governor of Alabama from 1963-1967, 1971-1979 and 1983-1987.
After trying to run as President to USA four times (3 as democrat and 1 as American Independent Party Ticket), he earned the title "the most influential loser".
A assassination attempt left him paralyzed, needing to use wheelchair for the rest of his life.
But the fact that remembers him the most is his segregationist attitude.
At his inauguration speech he said: "In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever."
After that the crowd clapped and cheered up him.
He tried to stop the desegregation in many ways, like standing at the door of the auditorium at the University of Alabama, to block the entry of two black students (Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood). That became known as "Stand in the Schoolhouse door".
In a attempt to preserve segregation he said: "The president (John F. Kennedy) wants us to surrender this state to Martin Luther King and his group of pro-communists who have instituted these demonstrations."
He eventually renounced segregationism.