Norman Thomas Quotes
The Socialist Party will no longer be running a candidate for president. The Democratic Party is leading this country to Socialism much faster than we could ever hope to.
The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.
Dissent... is a right essential to any concept of the dignity and freedom of the individual; it is essential to the search for truth in a world wherein no authority is infallible.
The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly
The doctrine of thrift for the poor is dumb and cruel, like advising them to try and lift themselves by their bootstraps.
The very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase fear and hate in the world.
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.
Harry Truman proves that old adage that any man can become President of the United States.
Peace will never be entirely secure until men everywhere have learned to conquer poverty without sacrificing liberty or security.
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.
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.
Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.
The central law of all wholesome life is reciprocity, mutuality. ... But the group is valuable only as it permits personalities, not automatons, to emerge.