While I have no doubt that Norman Thomas WOULD say this, does anyone have the actual source of this quote? The only source I ever see is essentially that it is from a 1948 interview...but the interview source is never revealed. Here's a good one from Upton Sinclair: "The American People will take Socialism, but they won't take the label. I certainly proved it in the case of EPIC. Running on the Socialist ticket I got 60,000 votes, and running on the slogan to 'End Poverty in California' I got 879,000. I think we simply have to recognize the fact that our enemies have succeeded in spreading the Big Lie. There is no use attacking it by a front attack, it is much better to out-flank them."