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Strom Thurmond Quotes

1902–2003

James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951.

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No other man has had the distinction of serving this long in Congress, and I venture to say it will be a long time before another does.

I have no doubt that Mr. Garland is a man of character and integrity.

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 and admit the nigger race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our homes, and into our churches.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Strom Thurmond (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.