Eisenhower+Speech+-+Communism+and+Freedom

Excerpt from draft of Eisenhower speech given on October 3, 1952 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on "Communism and Freedom": http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/dl/McCarthy/sixthdraftDDEWIcampaignspeech.pdf

NOTE: The underlined section, dealing with George C. Marshall was deleted from the speech. McCarthy had suggested that Marshall, Eisenhower’s superior during World War II and later Truman’s secretary of state, was a Soviet agent.]

To defend freedom...is—first of all—to respect freedom. That respect demands another, quite simple kind of respect—respect for the integrity of fellow citizens who enjoy their right to disagree. __The right to challenge a man’s judgment carries with it no automatic right to question his honor.

Here I have a case in mind. Charges of disloyalty have in the past been leveled against General George C. Marshall. I am not now discussing any errors in judgment he may have made while serving in capacities other than military [in other words, as Secretary of State]. But I was privileged throughout the years of World War II to know General Marshall personally, as Chief of Staff of the Army. I know him, as a man and a soldier, to be dedicated with singular selflessness and the profoundest patriotisim to the service of America.__

Armed with a clear and uncompromising respect for freedom, how then shall we defend it? [...]