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Elia Kazan

"To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable."

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"To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable."

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"It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I'm a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can't be too small to suit me."

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"The slogan of the moderate Republican Party is this: we are rich, and we are not going to take it any more."

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"I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past."

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"All I do is party."

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Amber Hurdle

"It is refreshing to be able to express my views without having to toe a party line. It has got me into trouble on the odd occasion, but I am not going to stop saying what I think."

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Amber Hurdle

"So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone."

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Amber Hurdle

"Tool of Communist agitators... it's really a joke, isn't it? Because, quite clearly, we are a party of real moderates. It just shows how little they understand."

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Amber Hurdle

"I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party."

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Amber Hurdle

"When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn."

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"For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists."
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"I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest."
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"I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed."
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"Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?"
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"I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice."
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"There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway."
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"I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does."
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