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kpete

(72,903 posts) Sun Oct 20, 2013, 11:45 AM Oct 2013

"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing opposition, it has only one way to go" [View all]

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.

Harry S Truman, August 8, 1950
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=13576#axzz2iHFt91TZ

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"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing opposition, it has only one way to go" [View all] kpete Oct 2013 OP

k&r for Harry S (the S stands for nothing) Truman. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #1

We are already on that road. RC Oct 2013 #2

Thank you HST! Scuba Oct 2013 #3

K&R. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #4

The old-line libs always had something to say. K&R. Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #5

Well, then why did he initiate the CIA and sign N.S.C. 68? factsarenotfair Oct 2013 #6

Because he probably had a different definition of "opposition." Igel Oct 2013 #8

Thank you for taking the time to post a thoughtful response. factsarenotfair Oct 2013 #9

I do believe that is a decision Mr Truman later regretted. roamer65 Oct 2013 #10

"Once the opposition is committed to the principle of eliminating govt, it has only one way to go" grahamhgreen Oct 2013 #7

He is correct Marblehead Oct 2013 #11

"Free speech zones" Enthusiast Oct 2013 #12