Norman Thomas
Norman Thomas
Norman Mattoon Thomaswas an American Presbyterian minister who achieved fame as a socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 November 1884
CountryUnited States of America
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The struggle is confused; our knight wins by no clean thrust of lance or sword, but the dragon somehow poops out, and decent democracy is victor.
asked cost freedom matter replied win
After I asked him what he meant, he replied that freedom consisted of the unimpeded right to get rich, to use his ability, no matter what the cost to others, to win advancement.
america face rather save soul
I'd rather see America save her soul than her face
war thinking said
All our rulers have said that war is unthinkable, and then we think about it almost all the time. We've got to make it unthinkable.
war people would-be
Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara, who is a good businessman and likes to save, says it would be only 200 million.
military liberty democracy
He who would save liberty must put his trust in democracy.
real believe justice
I now see Norman Thomas as indeed a liberal, but as a real, old-fashioned, unreconstructed liberal who believes in freedom and justice for everybody.
hero levels rebellion
Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.
law personality groups
The central law of all wholesome life is reciprocity, mutuality. ... But the group is valuable only as it permits personalities, not automatons, to emerge.
vote applause
I always get more applause than votes.
men harry-truman president
Harry Truman proves that old adage that any man can become President of the United States.
sacrifice men liberty
Peace will never be entirely secure until men everywhere have learned to conquer poverty without sacrificing liberty or security.
mistake power support
To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power.
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You may use different sorts of sentences and illustrations before different sorts of audiences, but you don't -- if you are wise -- talk down to any audience.