<![CDATA[“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.”]]>“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.”

, 19 May 1952, Lillian Hellman writes to the House of UnAmerican Activities refusing to testify against others.

In the 1940s, Hellman had been twice nominated for an Academy Award for her screenplays. As a result of refusing to testify about others to HUAC, she was blacklisted by Hollywood.

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