I hate extremes of any kind. Communism [seeks] the domination of the state over the individual... All my life I have stood against banning Communism or other extremist organisations because, if you do that, they go underground and it gives them an excitement that they don't get if they are allowed to pursue their policies openly. We'll beat them into the ground on argument... β¨ Hornsey Journal Interview with Robert Eddison and Barry St John Nevill, www.margaretthatcher.org. April 21, 1978.
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