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terday I came from France, where there is a socialist government,
to the United States of America, where the government and the
President are far from socialist, and I was admitted without any
questionnaires, I was not checked on for three months before I
left, I was not required to have a Party recommendation, and
other meetings were not held so that later I would not be granted
a visa, so that I would not be ab le to come from France to the
United States. I am inclined to call this an open and democratic
society, because the person who asked this question will be able
to leave this auditorium freely, without fear that two men in ci–
vilian clothes will be waiting for him outside, put him in a car,
and take him away to a
known
destination. I could cite many
other differences. As I said earlier, the two literatures demon–
strate that these two societies are opposities. They have been
ca lled open and closed. Perhaps it is more accurate to call them
democratic and totalitarian.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS: I want to thank the panelists and the
audience.
Coming in
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