Words to remember, as we slouch toward madness:
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.
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We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men -- not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.
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This is no time for men...to keep silent.
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There is no way for a citizen of a republic to abdicate his responsibilities.
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We proclaim ourselves, as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom, wherever it continues to exist in the world, but we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
Edward R. Murrow, See It Now March 9, 1954
Closing comments on the live television broadcast,
"A Report on Senator Joe McCarthy"