George Smathers Quotes

• The people of our state will no longer tolerate advocates of treason.

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• Of the fellows least likely to be president, you’d have to vote Jack No. 1.

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• Anyway, so here I was caught between Johnson on the one side, who was my leader, I was his whip, and here was my dear friend, personal friend, Kennedy, and they’re going to go into my state and ruin it. What am I going to do?

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• But to make a long story short, I decided that I was going to run, and I announced that I was going to run for president in Florida, I would be the favorite son from Florida, and that would stop Johnson and Kennedy from dividing up the state.

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• The outcome can truly determine whether our homes will be destroyed, whether our children will be torn from their mothers, trained as conspirators and turned against their parents, their home and their church.

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• Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon.

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• The pilot came back and said he had just heard that Kennedy was shot.

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• I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a parties.

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• I don’t believe in social equality, and they know it.

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• Don’t look at the downside of everything that comes along. It helps life move along so much smoother and nicer.

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George Smathers (10)

Birth:	14th November, 1913
Death:	20th January, 2007
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

About

George Armistead Smathers was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. He was an American lawyer and politician. He earned his bachelor's degree and law degree from University of Florida. He served as an Assistant U.S. District Attorney from 1940 to 1942. He was elected to serve two terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida's Fourth Congressional District from 1947 to 1951. He represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate for eighteen years, from 1951 until 1969, as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1991 he became the largest single benefactor in the history of the University of Florida. On May 1, 1991, the University of Florida Libraries were named the "George A. Smathers Libraries" in his honor.

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