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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
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Strom Thurmond
politician, teacher, judge, lawyer
1902 – 2003
James Strom Thurmond Sr. was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 47 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951. Thurmond was officially a member of the Democratic Party in the Senate until 1964, when he joined the Republican Party. He had earlier run for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate in opposition to Democratic president Harry S. Truman, receiving over a million votes and winning four states.
All Quotes by Strom Thurmond
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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
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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
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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
“
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
“
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