When, at the age of twelve, at the time of the Russian revolution, I first
heard the Communist principle that Man must exist for the sake of the State, I
perceived that this was the essential issue, that this principle was evil, and
that it could lead to nothing but evil, regardless of any methods, details,
decrees, policies, promises and pious platitudes. This was the reason for my
opposition to Communism then—and it is my reason now. I am still a little
astonished, at times, that too many adult Americans do not understand the
nature of the fight against Communism as clearly as I understood it at the age
of twelve: they continue to believe that only Communist methods are evil, while
Communist ideals are noble. All the victories of Communism since the year 1917
are due to that particular belief among the men who are still free.