George Smathers Quotes
I don't like bigotry and intolerance, but they do exist and I don't think you're going to get them out by passing laws.
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George Smathers, 1914-2007, U. S. Congressman and Senator (Democrat, FL), Statement explaining his vote against the Civil Rights Act, 1964
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George Armistead Smathers was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate from 1951 until 1969 and in the United States House from 1947 to 1951, as a member of the Democratic Party.