Ernest Freeberg Quotes
Harriet Thomas, A Leader Of The Women's Peace Party, Startled The Committee [debating The Espionage Act] When She Told Them, 'It Seems To Me That Under This Act I Would Be Liable To Imprisonment For Life, Or A More Drastic Penalty, Perhaps, If I Should Say That I Would Rather My Sons Be Shot For Refusing To Go Out And Kill And Bear Arms Against A Supposed Enemy Of This Country.' A Congressman Interrupted Her To Ask, 'Then You Do Not Honor Your Citizenship In This Country?' Thomas Stood Her Ground. 'I Feel I Have The Right To Interpret My Loyalty To My Own Country In My Own Terms Of Citizenship, And According To My Own Conscience, And I Do Not Need Any Bill To Tell Me What My Of Country Shall Represent.
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