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- 4 - Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice. Communism subjects the individual to arrest without 1 and THE **WATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 1 lawful cause, punishment without trial, and forced labor as the . SERVICER chattel of the state. It decrees what information he shall re- ceive, what art he shall produce, what leaders he shall follow, and what thoughts he shall think. Democracy maintains that the individual is above the state, that he is entitled to the protection of his rights and freedom in the exercise of his abilities. Reunita Communism maintains that social wrongs can be corrected only by violence. Democracy has proved that social justice can be achieved through peaceful change. holds 1 isn't this to esliogivalism? Communism boliteves that the world is so deeply divided into opposing clases that war is inevitable. holds Democracy believes that free nations can settle differences justly and maintain lasting peace.