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Public Papers of Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969
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Statement by the President on the Death of Norman Thomas.
December 19, 1968
WITH THE PASSING of Norman Thomas, America loses one of its most eloquent speakers, finest writers, and most creative thinkers.
Mr. Thomas was once asked what he considered to be his greatest achievements. With characteristic modesty, he replied, "To live to be my age and feel that one has kept thefaith, or tried to . . . to be able to sleep at night with reasonable satisfaction."
Norman Thomas kept the faith. He was a humane and courageous man who lived to see many of the causes he championed become the law of the land.
NOTE: Norman M. Thomas, leader of the Socialist Party from 1926 to 1952, died at the age of 84 on December 19 at a nursing home in Huntington, New York.
The President’s statement was released at Bethesda Naval Medical Center.
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Chicago: Lyndon B. Johnson, "633 Statement by the President on the Death of Norman Thomas.," Public Papers of Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.1369 1207. Original Sources, accessed March 22, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4BMFR9N18RZB3XP.
MLA: Johnson, Lyndon B. "633 Statement by the President on the Death of Norman Thomas." Public Papers of Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969, in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.1369, page 1207. Original Sources. 22 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4BMFR9N18RZB3XP.
Harvard: Johnson, LB, '633 Statement by the President on the Death of Norman Thomas.' in Public Papers of Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969. cited in , Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.1369, pp.1207. Original Sources, retrieved 22 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4BMFR9N18RZB3XP.
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