FDR: “Suppression of opinion and censorship of news are among the mortal…”

On the recordApril 15, 1941

Suppression of opinion and censorship of news are among the mortal weapons that dictatorships direct against their own peoples.

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Democratic · New York

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Letter to the American Society of Newspaper Editors

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FDR: “Suppression of opinion and censorship of news are among the mortal weapons that dictatorships direct against their own…”