"I joined. I don’t regret being a part of the Communist tactic, which increased the effectiveness of a good cause. I knew what I was doing. I was not an innocent liberal. I wanted what the Communists wanted."
by:
Roger Baldwin
(1884-1981) one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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Not quite sure how to rate this. Though Baldwin finally discovered the enslaving results of all socialism's administrative forms (communism, fascism, etc.), I think it was his original influence in the ACLU that allowed the extremes of good and bad.
 -- Mike, Norwalk     
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