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Quotes worth remembering
Nov. 13th, 2002 10:20 amThe line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one....We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof...We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result...."
That was Edward R. Murrow talking about Joseph McCarthy on See It Now. Worth remembering these days, too.
And there's this one, which I hadn't encountered before, but which I just saw in the textbook I'm working with at the moment.
"Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism...are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism--
The right to criticize;
The right to hold unpopular beliefs;
The right to protest;
The right of independent thought.
The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation..."
That one was from Senator Margaret Chase Smith, in a Declaration of Conscience presented to the Senate in 1950. I'd like to read the whole thing sometime... sounds worth reflecting on.
That was Edward R. Murrow talking about Joseph McCarthy on See It Now. Worth remembering these days, too.
And there's this one, which I hadn't encountered before, but which I just saw in the textbook I'm working with at the moment.
"Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism...are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism--
The right to criticize;
The right to hold unpopular beliefs;
The right to protest;
The right of independent thought.
The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation..."
That one was from Senator Margaret Chase Smith, in a Declaration of Conscience presented to the Senate in 1950. I'd like to read the whole thing sometime... sounds worth reflecting on.
