"The defense of our democracy against the forces that threaten it from without has made some of its failures to function at home glaringly apparent."

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"The defense of our democracy against the forces that threaten it from without has made some of its failures to function at home glaringly apparent."

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"When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored."

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"In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek to limit the legitimate liberties of any of our fellow citizens."

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