SACCO-VANZETTI DEFENSE COMMITTEE
BOSTON, MASS.
1927
“AND I WILL SAY TO YOUR HONOR THAT A
GOVERNMENT THAT HAS COME TO HONOR
ITS OWN SECRETS MORE THAN THE LIVES
OF ITS CITIZENS HAS BECOME A TYRANNY
WHETHER YOU CALL IT A REPUBLIC, A
MONARCHY OR ANYTHING ELSE.”
—_from Atty. William G.
Thompson’s argument before Judge
Thayer, pleading for a new
trial_.
_ANATOLE FRANCE’S APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE_