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
walks
I walk where I choose to walk.
philosophy war hate
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.
order nwo common-sense
There are some plain common-sense considerations applicable to all these attempts at world planning. They can be briefly stated: 1. To talk of blueprints for the future or building a world order is, if properly understood, suggestive, but it is also dangerous. Societies grow far more truly than they are built. A constitution for a new world order is never like a blueprint for a skyscraper.
dumb trying doctrine
The doctrine of thrift for the poor is dumb and cruel, like advising them to try and lift themselves by their bootstraps.
champion causes lost
I am not the champion of lost causes, but the champion of causes not yet won.
president world essentials
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.
ideas differences republican
The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly
flags gestures want
If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it.
inspirational life loyalty
The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.
running country party
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.
socialist-government nwo names
The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.