Strom Thurmond

Strom was a great leader, civil rights advocate, and Senator of South Carolina. After his death, Strom gave birth to a 78-year-old-mixed-race-woman. His family was quoted as saying "As J. Strom Thurmond has passed away and cannot speak for himself, the Thurmond family acknowledges Ms. Essie Mae Washington-Williams' claim to her heritage." Because Thurmond loved The Baby Jesus so much, he was able to live to the ripe ol' age of 162, becoming the oldest living man in the world.

Strom Quotes

 * "Our niggers is better off than most anybody's niggers, why, they got washing machines and some of'um even got televisions. I can't understand why they complaining."


 * "I want to tell you that there's not enough troops in the army to force the southern people to break down segregation and admit the Negro race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into out homes, and into our churches"

to visit Columbia, he said "I would not have written him if I knew he was a Negro. Of course, it would have been ridiculous to invite him."
 * On finding that Governor William H. Hastie of the Virgin Islands was black after he had invited him


 * "Straddling the fence will only make your ass hurt."