“My father, typically, was undeterred by domestic opposition. 'Some people condemned this as an unwarranted intervention,' he observed, 'but the Communists were all set to move in and take over. People may not love you for being strong when you have to be, but they respect you for it and learn to behave themselves when you are.'”
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