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

Mr. Thomas was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.

The Socialist Party candidate for President of the US, Norman Thomas, said this in a 1944 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.”

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”

Margaret Thatcher