"There are three possible methods by which the Communists might take us over. One would be, through a sufficient amount of infiltration and propaganda..."
From The Blue Book of The Jihn Birch Society, 1959.

2. "The second would be by fomenting internal civil war in this country..."

3. "But there is a third method which is far more in accordance with Lenin's long-range strategy... A part of that plan... is to induce the gradual surrender of American sovereignty, piece by piece, step by step, to various international organizations..."

"One means, of course, is to make socialism sound appealing; and above all to make it sound inevitable."

5. "...the whole essence of our purpose... Less government and more responsibility."
This BOOK was dangerous to their plans, so naturally they labeled "Birchers" as the lunatic fringe of the "right" and were very successful in keeping The John Birch Society from gaining ground.

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