I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

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I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

Lillian Hellman

1952

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Political winds Personal integrity Conscience Politics

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1952

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Lillian Hellman

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Hellman, Lillian. Letter to HUAC. 19 May 1952.

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