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The real basis of freedom of speech and of expression is not, however, the right of a person to say what he thinks or what he wishes to say but the r… - Eugene McCarthy
" "The real basis of freedom of speech and of expression is not, however, the right of a person to say what he thinks or what he wishes to say but the right and need of all persons to learn the truth. The only practical approach to this end is freedom of expression.
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About Eugene McCarthy
Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy (29 March 1916 – 10 December 2005) American politician from the U.S. state of Minnesota, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1959) and the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971 and playing a major role in the 1968 presidential election, unsuccessfully seeking the Democratic nomination on an anti-Vietnam War platform. Although he lost the nomination, he did well enough that the incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson decided to end his re-election campaign.
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