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Public Papers of the Presidents 8Truman 9

 

The basic error of these sections is that they move in the direction of suppressing opinion and belief. This would be a very dangerous course to take, not because we have any sympathy for communist opinions, but because any governmental stifling of the free expression of opinion is a long step toward totalitarianism.
-- Harry S. Truman Public Papers of the Presidents Truman, 1950 Veto of the Internal Security Bill. September 22, 1950 http://www.trumanlibrary.org/trumanpapers/pppus/1950/254.htm
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