ladies and gentlemen, can there be anyone here tonight who is so blind as to say that the war is not on? can there be anyone who fails to realize that the communist world has said, the time is now? that this is the time for the showdown between the democratic christian world and the communist atheistic world? ... the state department is infested with communists. i have here in my hand a list of 205 (individuals) that were known to the secretary of state as being members of the communist party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the state department.
sen. joseph mccarthy

\we are going to continue to fight communism. now i am going to tell you how we are not going to fight communism: we are not going to transform our fine fbi into a gestapo secret police. that is what some people would like to do. we are not going to try to control what our people read and say and think. we are not going to turn the united states into a right - wing totalitarian country in order to deal with a left - wing totalitarian threat.\
president harry s. truman

what does president truman mean when he says \we are not going to turn the united states into a right - wing totalitarian country in order to deal with a left - wing totalitarian threat\?
- if we disagree with the government we are being disloyal to our country
- we will not take away citizens rights in order to battle the soviet union
- we must keep people from reading or seeing communist propaganda
- the fbi will spy on people and arrest those who have different opinions

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ladies and gentlemen, can there be anyone here tonight who is so blind as to say that the war is not on? can there be anyone who fails to realize that the communist world has said, the time is now? that this is the time for the showdown between the democratic christian world and the communist atheistic world? ... the state department is infested with communists. i have here in my hand a list of 205 (individuals) that were known to the secretary of state as being members of the communist party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the state department.
sen. joseph mccarthy

\we are going to continue to fight communism. now i am going to tell you how we are not going to fight communism: we are not going to transform our fine fbi into a gestapo secret police. that is what some people would like to do. we are not going to try to control what our people read and say and think. we are not going to turn the united states into a right - wing totalitarian country in order to deal with a left - wing totalitarian threat.\
president harry s. truman

what does president truman mean when he says \we are not going to turn the united states into a right - wing totalitarian country in order to deal with a left - wing totalitarian threat\?
- if we disagree with the government we are being disloyal to our country
- we will not take away citizens rights in order to battle the soviet union
- we must keep people from reading or seeing communist propaganda
- the fbi will spy on people and arrest those who have different opinions

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# Brief Explanations:
Truman's statement rejects adopting authoritarian, rights-restricting tactics (like those of totalitarian regimes) to oppose communist threats. He explicitly mentions not controlling what people read/think or turning the FBI into a secret police force, which ties to protecting citizens' rights while addressing the Soviet (left-wing totalitarian) threat. The other options contradict his message: the first and fourth describe totalitarian actions he rejects, and the third aligns with controlling speech which he opposes.
# Answer:
We will not take away citizen's rights in order to battle the Soviet Union

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