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Sam J. Ervin Quotes


A Democratic Senator from North Carolina from 1954 until 1974.
Samuel James "Sam" Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896 – April 23, 1985) was a Democratic Senator from North Carolina from 1954 until 1974. A native of Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often told humorous stories in his Southern drawl. Between 1954 and 1974, Ervin was the most talented legal defender of the Jim Crow laws and racial segregation, as the South's constitutional expert during the congressional debates on civil rights.. Unexpectedly, he became a liberal hero for his support of civil liberties.

Here are some famous quotes by  Sam J. Ervin.

Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.

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Faith is not a storm cellar to which men and women can flee for refuge from the storms of life. It is instead an inner force that gives them the strength to face those storms and their consequences with serenity of spirit.