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Quotes About Thurmond

the only genuine obstacle to the rise of socialism or communism in America." Civil rights, Thurmond declared, were a Red plot against the Free World: "Only the States Rights Democrats—and we alone—have the moral courage to stand up to the Communists and tell them this foreign doctrine will not work in free America.
~ Jon Meacham
She nodded. "Yes. I talked to Chief Thurmond. He couldn't tell me much but he said he might have much more for me later, and that they were still investigating." "They'll be investigating in the year two thousand if I know the cops in this town. I could stick the local Boy Scout chapter in the station and get more done. I wonder why the hell they gave out this bunch of guff.
~ Richard S. Prather
Thurmond—same thing. Kennedy, Eisenhower, Clinton . . . all men of power, and the power went right to their pants. Even FDR fooled around. This
~ Billy Crystal
Dave Barry once satirized Thurmond in his syndicated column, saying he colored his hair with Tang).
~ Katie Couric