[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 26 (Tuesday, March 8, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     PAYING TRIBUTE TO SAMUEL FRANCIS, A BRILLIANT AND BRAVE WRITER

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a fellow 
Tennessean, but a man whom I never had the privilege of meeting. Samuel 
Francis was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and a leading 
voice of traditional conservatism. He passed away several days ago, 
just after the Congress had gone into recess, at the too-young age of 
57 from complications after heart surgery.
  No two people, not even husbands and wives or best friends, agree on 
everything; and I did not always agree with Sam Francis. But I admired 
his courage. He was politically incorrect on almost everything, which 
made him right on most things, but also very controversial. He was a 
leading critic of neo-conservatives, Big Government conservatives who 
really are not very conservative at all.
  Raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Dr. Francis had a bachelor's degree 
from Johns Hopkins and master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University 
of North Carolina.
  Sam Francis did not believe in world government and multiculturalism. 
He was a patriotic American who put his own country first and was a 
brilliant and brave writer.

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