Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884-December 19, 1968) was an author, reformer and U.S. socialist leader. On November 27, 1965, in an anti-war protest in Washington, D.C., he stated in a speech:
<I'd rather see America save her soul than her face.> 1884NT001
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1884NT001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Norman Mattoon Thomas, November 27, 1965, in a speech before an antiwar protest in Washington, D.C. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 787.