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Program 494: Dissent in Action

Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark talks with the Center's Donald McDonald about the necessity for advancing social justice as well as legal justice, and states that while the individual's right to dissent must be tolerated, if the individual, in doing what he thinks is right, is in violation of the law, then he must be prepared to pay the price of the law. Feb. 19, 1970. [CSDI program number 494; UCSB tape number A8090/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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