"The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom."

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“Many professors are Marxists or other varieties of radicals who hate America.”

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“When will American men learn how to stand up to the nagging by the intolerant, uncivil feminists whose sport is to humiliate men?”

“The atomic bomb is a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God.”

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“And the first commandment of feminism is: I am woman; thou shalt not tolerate strange gods who assert that women have capabilities or often choose roles that are different from men's.”

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