And. like the vast majority of all of the people of the United States. the people of Wisconsin hate dictatorships. Nowhere in the heritage of Wisconsins people is there anything to indicate acceptance or approval of dictatorial. tyrannical governments. On the contrary. the people of Wisconsin are in large measure the descendants of immigrants who came to the United States to gain freedom. from such countries as Germany. Norway. Ireland and Poland. where in many cases they were deprived of liberty and of the benefits of selfgovernment. These immigrants and their descendants loathe dictatorships CV- 183 in any form. My own grandfather was a fortyeighter. one of the many German immigrants who came to the United States more than a century ago because they abhorred tyranny. The history of Wisconsin is filled with examples of the States leadership in making democracy work. Wisconsin was in the forefront of the great political. social and educational reforms of the 20th century which improved and advanced our democratic institutions.
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