Tom C. Clark Quotes
I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.
Thomas C. (Tom) Clark, 1899-1977, U. S. Supreme Court Justice, U. S. Attorney General (Democrat), Favorite statement
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In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt challenged incumbent President William Howard Taft for the Republican presidential nomination. Roosevelt had the popular support of most Republicans but the Taft regulars had control of the party machinery and the convention being held in Chicago:. The headline appeared on the front page and every other page of the issue.
Both the Republican and Democratic Parties were ripe with graft—the Democrats in control of many large city machines and the Republicans getting bribes and “donations” from the corporations.
Thomas Campbell Clark was an American lawyer who served as the 59th United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949 and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967.