Socialism and Liberalism

.
Norman Matton Thomas
November 20, 1884 – December 19, 1968

Thomas was a leading American socialist, pacifist and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911.

As a candidate for President of the USA, Norman Thomas said, in a 1944 epoch speech:

“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism,’ they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day, America will be a socialist nation without knowing how it happened.” He went on to say: “I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform.”

[email received May 3, 2009]