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Freedom, loyalty, dissent (1954)
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If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function, it must have dissent.
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Freedom is not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is, rather an antecedent to all of these, for without it, we can have neither security nor prosperity nor enlightenment.
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The greatest danger that threatens us is neither heterodox thought nor orthodox thought, but the absence of thought.
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It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline.
Alfred Jodl
Henry Steele Commager
Born:
October 25, 1902
Died:
March 2, 1998
(aged 95)
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