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I grew up in a family that despised not only communism but collectivism, socialism, and any 'ism' that deprived the individual of his or her natural rights.

I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.

In the early days of the Russian Revolution in 1917, I was completely in sympathy with it. I felt that it established a new era in the history of the modern world. I was so overwhelmed by it that, if people made any unfriendly comment, I would vigorously defend it. If people condemned the Communist party, I would speak in its defense.

I was born in 1948, so I'm a '60s kid, and in the '60s everyone talked all the time, endlessly, about socialism versus capitalism, about political choices, ideology, Marxism, revolution, 'the system' and so on.

I was even superior to the Communists and when they didn't go along with me, I quit them.

I have taken an oath in my heart to oppose communism until the day I die.

In the harshest possible terms, I condemn political killings.

I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.

Communism was something so hideous that you had to be an exceptional conformist or a fool not to see the evil around you.

I mean, where I come from, 'communism' is not a terrible word.