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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.

— Strom Thurmond

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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.

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