All the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement.
Strom ThurmondIt is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.
Strom ThurmondI fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation
Strom ThurmondBy its attempt to regulate and govern the private businesses, which are miscalled public accommodations in the bill, this proposal would inject the Government into the most sensitive areas of human contractual relations-agreements for personal services. In so doing, constitutional interpretations of long standing are being swept aside in favor of tortuous rationalizations which studiously ignore the constitutionally-forbidden imposition of involuntary servitude on citizens
Strom ThurmondMr. President, passage of this bill will visit the heel of oppression on all the people, vitiate their constitutional shield against tyranny, and materially hasten the destruction of the best design for self-government yet devised by the minds of men. Its passage will mark one of the darkest days in history
Strom Thurmond