Collection: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words

1. "As governor, I want to back up law enforcement"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

2. "England lived better then, during the War, this was a personal observation and the books I guess would deny that, but to hell with that, I know what I am talking about. They lived better than they ever lived the people told me, I was a GI"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

3. "It's just a plain question of votes. The black people had been disenfranchised and they couldn't vote"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

4. "Bryan Dorn: Won't You Please Come Home"

Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

5. "And this is the first time I remember meeting a fella by the name of John F. Kennedy"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

6. "There was a lot of places in Germany that manufactured beer that was untouched by the bombing"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

7. "The Constitution of this country guarantees us the right to bear arms"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

8. "My observation was that most of them I came into contact with were very bitter against England and America for breaking up their farms, bombing everything"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

9. "I was accused, for the first time in a number of years, of having any further political ambition"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

10. "I will devote every hour of the next four years to you, the people of South Carolina"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

11. "It indicated to me how foolish the French were to think you could build a stationary, static line, and secure a nation's future for all time"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

12. "I say to you, my dear friends, that we need to go back, and I don't mean turn the clock back, but go back the principles we learned at our mother's knees"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

13. "Everyday, I have someone come up to me and say, 'name my name,'"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

14. "Every night we could hear George Patton shelling the forts at Metz"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

15. "What do you want to do when you grow up? I immediately replied, Make laws for the people"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

16. "I tell you and can report to you that the GI Education Bill did more to eliminate classism in this nation than all the legislation in the history of this nation combined"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

17. "My idea simply was to ensure the defense of western Europe, to tell them no, we aren't going to let Communism come a foot further"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

18. "We helped get Fort Jackson a permanent base"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

19. "I'll be the same kind of governor as I was your congressman, bringing services to the people"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

20. "The central figure of that time in Washington was President Harry Truman"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

21. "If you couldn't speak, you better stay out of the race for governor, senator, or congress"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

22. "Yes, I am a candidate for governor"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

23. "I don't remember doing much of anything, I didn't even file for an office until I got to Washington and then they didn't have an office"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

24. "The only force that can overcome evil and prevent the horrors of war-blood-filth is a strong America, strong military, strong morally, strong spiritually, strong educationally and this is the great challenge before you and before me"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

25. "You made it possible for me to serve in Washington during the most critical history of the world"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

26. "They tell me we got oil off the coast of South Carolina, it just needs tapping"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

27. "I was impressed with Versailles, not only the architecture, which amazed me every time; I used to ramble around over the palace everyday when I got through with my little work at the radio van"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

28. "That case destroyed the white primary"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

29. "In your political science classes it's difficult for 'em to understand that time and circumstance determines political outcome or outcome of a political race more than anything else. You cannot foresee intangible factors developing like it did in that race"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

30. "Thank you, Sheriff"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

31. "So why join the American Legion?"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

32. "I was in opposition to these lend-leases, these give aways by the United States government"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

33. "Too few people really know the history of Edgefield and of South Carolina"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

34. "If it is going to cost a million dollars to be elected governor, then forget about me, I am not running"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

35. "I'm not going to quote the Bible tonight, I learned better than that a long time ago"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

36. "Then we didn't have any Republican opposition. That's another thing Professor, that you didn't have to worry about that day and time. You'd receive the Democratic nomination in the primary and was tantamount they always said to the election"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

37. "Education, of course, is one of the great questions before our state"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

38. "I'll tell you what, we need to pass some of that gravy around in Columbia to some of our young lawyers"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

39. "And you know you mentioned Baptists, I wish you'd leave this Baptist business out 'cause I have a lot of friends among the Methodists, Episcopalians, and all of that"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

40. "We were fighting for freedom. And yes, our men and women fought over there in all of our wars to keep the tide of war from the shores of this great county"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

41. "The best government business in the whole world, education is good business"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

42. "I am the legal, constituted nominee of the Democratic Party of South Carolina for governor"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

43. "I am a farmer"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

44. "I was told that in a county not far from here that the biggest single industry was welfare"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

45. "I had forgotten but he knew that William Jennings Bryan in Florida was just like St. Patrick in Ireland or Robert E. Lee in Virginia"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

46. "This was October '45, well there was a political campaign coming up in '46"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

47. "I was going to depend on that campaign on what pulled me through on all my campaigns, no organization, no money, but on the stump"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

48. "Everywhere I go, I try to leave a little bit of optimism, boost people up but quite frankly we're not in the best shape in the world"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

49. "I understand that y'all have some questions for my father"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

50. "A GI is a funny individual, some people think they don't know much but they know everything"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

51. "Again I want to place some emphasis on the factualism and the fact that South Carolina politics in that day and even today to a great extent is personalized"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

52. "But I had to overcome some hurdles-one was the most difficult thing I have ever been confronted with politically"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

53. "My friends, one of the great challenges of our time is to use freedom, is to know something about freedom, to exercise it, crank it up and grease it, and put some gasoline in it, oil it, knock the rust off it and use it"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

54. "So this seemed like a new day, a new crowd, and the media covered us"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

55. "You know Russia has never put a man on the moon, not to this day"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

56. "Dorn this is the time, you'd better run"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

57. "Here was the Russian ambassador to the United Nations callin' lil' ol' Dorn the number one warmonger of the United States of America"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

58. "And on the night that VE Day was announced everybody in the ETO, European Theater of Operations, went wild. It was more dangerous to be out that night then it would be in combat-bullets flying everywhere, everyone shooting off their guns"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

59. "He'd say now little boy blue, come blow your horn, and the people would all laugh of course this was a kind of mockery. It was sort of difficult to overcome to start out following all that carrying on"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

60. "One of 7 brothers to serve in the armed forces of the United States of America, boy, you can imagine that kind of spiel on the stump"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

61. "They selected him and it was a beautiful selection. He lived in my district, yet he sorta personally disliked Maybank so therefore he could do with us some sincerity; he could lambaste Maybank"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

62. "There are several things that need to be done in South Carolina"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

63. "You just did not have in 1946 any black people participating in the primary"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

64. "It is a great honor for me always to come home and to visit Saluda"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

65. "After every war, we make the same mistake"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

66. "Thank you, Jennings, you know, my son and I like your name"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

67. "Here was these dresses, 20,000 girls, just passing back and forth, you know the GI's mouths just flew open"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

68. "I am just plain Bryan Dorn"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

69. "I remember coming home was kind of a disappointment. I'd packed everything up and gone home and nobody was there. Mother and Daddy had gone."

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

70. "You will see in the media packaged political candidates, packaged like breakfast cereal, at a fantastic cost to somebody"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

71. "I just have to admit it, I was a fanatic on air power"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

72. "Bryan Dorn: Won't You Please Come Home"

Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

73. "Well here I was two years in the House and I guess I jumped the traces, and got into the race for the United States Senate"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

74. "What would you do if the lights went out?"

Creator:: Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

75. "And lo and behold, this committee received the most important piece of legislation of the 80th Congress, perhaps one of the 2 or 3 most important bills in Congress since World War II, the unification of the armed forces"

Creator:: Romine, Ron
Collection:: William Jennings Bryan Dorn: In His Own Words
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections

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