Quotes by Norman Thomas

• The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.
• To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power.
• I walk where I choose to walk.
• If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.
• 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.
• I always get more applause than votes.