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I'm about as much in favor of communism as J. Edgar Hoover. I despise communism and I believe in our own American brand of democracy.

— Humphrey Bogart

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While people are always quick to take up the cudgels against censorship of the press, or radio, any crackpot can advocate new forms of censorship for the movies, and not a voice is lifted in protest. There's something illogical about this indifference to censorship of the movies. After all, it's just as much a medium of public expression as are the radio and newspapers.

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