We stand for the segregation of the races and the racial integrity of each race. Strom Thurmond More Quotes by Strom Thurmond More Quotes From Strom Thurmond I wanna tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's not enough troops in the army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the nigra race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our homes, and into our churches. Strom Thurmond swimming army home An American should be able choose to work in a place where he is with his kind of people and not find that at the counters, desk or benches they will be forced to work, side by side, with all types of people of all races; that in the lunchrooms, rest rooms, recreation rooms, they will be compelled by law to mingle with persons and races which all their lives they have by free choice, avoided in social and business intercourse. Strom Thurmond race law people All the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement. Strom Thurmond army home school Martin Luther King demeans his race and retards the advancement of his people. Strom Thurmond race kings people The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda. Strom Thurmond understanding white people I have done more for black people than any other person in the nation, North or South. Strom Thurmond black done people Mr. President, passage of this bill will visit the heel of oppression on all the people, vitiate their constitutional shield against tyranny, and materially hasten the destruction of the best design for self-government yet devised by the minds of men. Its passage will mark one of the darkest days in history Strom Thurmond self men people It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men. Strom Thurmond south-carolina matter men I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation Strom Thurmond minorities appreciate black This bill would renounce the safe, proper, and acceptable role for Government as a referee of disputes between the governed. It would interpose the Government as a biased protagonist, armed with the awesome authority of the Federal Government, in addition to rulemaking and umpire powers. The broad grants of power to the Attorney General to initiate and intervene in civil actions would go far toward transforming him into George Orwell's 'Big Brother' of '1984,' in the year 1964. Strom Thurmond umpires brother years Segregation in the South is honest, open and aboveboard. Of the two systems, or styles of segregation, the Northern and the Southern, there is no doubt whatever in my mind which is the better. Strom Thurmond southern doubt two If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society. Strom Thurmond growth government believe I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact Strom Thurmond leader facts thinking She walks well, she looks good. Let's see how she kisses. Strom Thurmond kissing walks looks I love all of you men, but you women even more! Strom Thurmond men This bill, by vesting the power to withhold or terminate Federal funds, creates a concentration of power of economic coercion unequaled in the history of governments-a power concentration which defies the experience of mankind with the temptation of power to corrupt. Strom Thurmond bills government temptation By its attempt to regulate and govern the private businesses, which are miscalled public accommodations in the bill, this proposal would inject the Government into the most sensitive areas of human contractual relations-agreements for personal services. In so doing, constitutional interpretations of long standing are being swept aside in favor of tortuous rationalizations which studiously ignore the constitutionally-forbidden imposition of involuntary servitude on citizens Strom Thurmond government agreement long I don't think it's a question of age as much as it's a question of what kind of shape you're in. Strom Thurmond question think you age
