Fulbright, J. William

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took to be the heaven of Russian Communism. It may also be that the bloody and satanic Hitler also believed that he was benefiting mankind when he destroyed millions of inoffensive Jews and also destroyed hundreds of thousands of Slavic peoples, including Russians and Poles. What I am trying to say here is that I myself am fearful of men who are absolutists; men, that is, who might cut your throat, not to harm you but to do you good. It is also noteworthy that absolutists, in order to have their way, constantly charge their intended victims with being in league with the devil. They charge whole races or groups or regions with diabolism. One has heard the extremists make charges of diabolism all through history. It is not surprising, therefore, to hear the charges we have heard being hurled against the South on the floor of the Senate. According to those who make these charges the South is a region inhabited by white people who are hopelessly indifferent to their civic responsibilities, who, when they are nob committing crime, are engaged in conspiracy to commit it against their weaker neighbors who, in this case, are Negroes. Eat how often throughout history has one heard the same charges made against other groups. -3-

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J. William Fulbright Speaks

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