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Can you think of any politicians who adopted controversial, unpopular stances, were marginalized and voted out of office, only to be vindicated years later, in some cases after their deaths?
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The biblical prophets (hated and rejected by their own) include Winfield Scott, who could have stopped the Civil War, and in the UK Enoch Powell, who foresaw the effects of immigration into Europe.
The biblical prophets (hated and rejected by their own) include Winfield Scott, who could have stopped the Civil War, and in the UK Enoch Powell, who foresaw the effects of immigration into Europe.
I thought de Tocqueville was a philosopher, not a politician.
I don't have a list of names but any politicians in the 1950s and 1960s who opposed mass, global immigration would be on that list. For example Pat McCarren the sponsor of the 1952 Immigration Act said at the time:
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I believe that this nation is the last hope of Western civilization and if this oasis of the world shall be overrun, perverted, contaminated or destroyed, then the last flickering light of humanity will be extinguished. I take no issue with those who would praise the contributions which have been made to our society by people of many races, of varied creeds and colors. ... However, we have in the United States today hard-core, indigestible blocs which have not become integrated into the American way of life, but which, on the contrary are its deadly enemies. Today, as never before, untold millions are storming our gates for admission and those gates are cracking under the strain. The solution of the problems of Europe and Asia will not come through a transplanting of those problems en masse to the United States. ... I do not intend to become prophetic, but if the enemies of this legislation succeed in riddling it to pieces, or in amending it beyond recognition, they will have contributed more to promote this nation's downfall than any other group since we achieved our independence as a nation.
Not 13 years later what he predicted and warned against was put in place.
To meet all your criteria, I don't know maybe George Wallace, Barry Goldwater?
Yeah I would put Ross Perot and Pat Buchanan on the list.
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