Symbolic Gesture Quotes by Norman Thomas

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• Peace will never be entirely secure until men everywhere have learned to conquer poverty without sacrificing liberty or security.
• He who would save liberty must put his trust in democracy.
• Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara, who is a good…
• The very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase fear and…
• I am not the champion of lost causes, but the champion of causes not yet won.
• The Socialist Party will no longer be running a candidate for president. The Democratic Party is leading this country to Socialism much…
• The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly
• If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it.
• I always get more applause than votes.
• There are some plain common-sense considerations applicable to all these attempts at world planning. They can be briefly stated: 1. To talk…
• To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength…
• Dissent... is a right essential to any concept of the dignity and freedom of the individual; it is essential to the search…

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