Paul Simon Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Friend, Like, Affairs, Favourite, Birthdate & Other

Paul Martin Simon was a newspaperman, politician and an academician. During his school days, he was elected as the school president and lobbied successfully for a racially integrated admission policy. He started his career in a newspaper but soon turned his attention to politics. He became an effective legislator and was responsible for passing more amendments than anybody else during his tenure.

He was keen on providing better governmental service to the people and was in many ways the people’s ombudsman. He championed the cause of increased investment in education and health and advocated fiscal conservatism in other areas. He was an advocate for civil rights and opposed the death penalty. He sought to end the embargo imposed on Cuba by the US and supported humanitarian mission to be sent to Rwanda in 1994 during the genocide there.

He was condemned for having a socialist outlook on many policies and was not popular among his fellow congressmen. He had an incorruptible image and was referred to as Reverend. He proudly fashioned himself after the liberalism associated with Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. He wrote over twenty books in lifetime on various topics, such as interfaith marriages, global water shortages, etc.