Compromise, hell! That's what happened to us all down the line — and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong, why should those who believe in freedom treat it as if it were a roll of bologna to be bartered a slice at a time?


(1959), as quoted in The New York Times.

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Compromise, hell! That's what happened to us all down the line — and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong,...

Compromise, hell! That's what happened to us all down the line — and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong,...

Compromise, hell! That's what happened to us all down the line — and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong,...

Compromise, hell! That's what happened to us all down the line — and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong,...