Dr. Bella Dodd Quote

"The process of completely freeing oneself emotionally from being a Communist is a thing no outsider can understand. The group thinking and group planning and the group life of the Party had been a part of me for so long that it was desperately difficult for me to be a person again. ... But I had begun the process of “unbecoming” a Communist. It was a long and painful process, much like that of a polio victim who has to learn to walk all over again. I had to learn to think. I had to learn to love. I had to drain the hate and frenzy from my system. I had to dislodge the self and the pride that had made me arrogant, made me feel that I knew all the answers. I had to learn that I knew nothing. There were many stumbling blocks in this process."

By:	Dr. Bella Dodd (more quotes by Dr. Bella Dodd or books by/about Dr. Bella Dodd)
	(1904-1969) head of the New York State Teachers Union , member of the Communist Party of America (CPUSA) in the 1930s and 1940s, later a vocal anti-communist
Source:	School of Darkness, Chapter 16 (1954) http://genus.cogia.net/chap16.php
Categories:	Collectivism, Communism, Politics, Power, Propaganda, Security
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