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“This bill, by vesting the power to withhold or terminate Federal funds, creates a concentration of power of economic coercion unequaled in the history of governments-a power concentration which defies the experience of mankind with the temptation of power to corrupt.”

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Strom Thurmond

Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He gained notoriety in 1948 as the first sitting U.S. Senator to run for President, although he ultimately did not win the nomination. Thurmond's political career is marked by his long tenure in the Senate, where he served for 48 years, making him one of the longest-serving U.S. Senators in history. His political career is notable for his conservative stance and steadfast support for segregation. more

“...this bill will require the creation of a Federal police force of mammoth proportions. It also bids fair to result in the development of an 'informer' psychology in great areas of our national life-neighbors spying on neighbors, workers spying on workers, business spying on businessmen-were those who would harass their fellow citizens for selfish and narrow purposes will have ample inducement to do so. These, the Federal police force an 'informer' psychology, are the hallmarks of the police state and landmarks in the destruction of a free society.”

“By 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”

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Author:Strom Thurmond

“Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.”

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Author:Emilio Estevez

“The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.”

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Author:Thucydides

“The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume.”

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Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private

“I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”