I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
An American should be able choose to work in a place where he is with his kind of people and not find that at… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
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… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
This bill, by vesting the power to withhold or terminate Federal funds, creates a concentration of power of economic coercion unequaled in the history… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
Mr. President, passage of this bill will visit the heel of oppression on all the people, vitiate their constitutional shield against tyranny, and materially… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
This bill would renounce the safe, proper, and acceptable role for Government as a referee of disputes between the governed. It would interpose the… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
By its attempt to regulate and govern the private businesses, which are miscalled public accommodations in the bill, this proposal would inject the Government… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
We stand for the segregation of the races and the racial integrity of each race. — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
All the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
