Moreover. it is not important to us solely as a means of securing military alliances. If we cannot do more than talk about freedom. justice. and the dignity of the individual. if we cannot exemplify itlegislate it. if you likewe can never win the belief in our way of life. and the respect and the voluntary cooperation in our aims which I believe essential to our survival in a threatening world. Xenophobia is a word the Greeks had for the fear of strangers. Such a fear and its attendant mistreatment and discrimination are luxuries we can no longer afford. This bill is concentrated and crystallized xenophobia in thin disguise. One more point is significant here: One of the great weaknesses of totalitarian countries is their inability properly to understand the intentions and views of other nations. Our immigrants have always been a major source of strength to us in this respect. as in many others. Blind restriction or biased screening of those with firsthand knowledge of events abroad can cut us off from this valuable source of knowledge. It can imprison us in our own ignorance. as Hitler was imprisoned in his when he thought Nazi propaganda had rendered us too divided to fight. and as Stalin is imprisoned in his when he thinks Communist propaganda is effective here.
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