Norman Mattoon Thomas (Nov. 20, 1884-Dec. 19, 1968) was a leading American socialist, pacifist and six-time presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America. The following quotation from a speech he made in 1944 as the Socialist Party candidate for president of the U.S. will spotlight the strides of socialism.
“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.....