32 Quotes by Norman Thomas

The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly.

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.

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.

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.

If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.