One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guaranties of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio, fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms.

I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.

–President Harry S. Truman,
March 1946

What evidence does Truman use to support his argument?

He describes the ways some people are resisting communism.
He explains how a democratic government benefits its citizens.
He compares the role of government in the United States and the Soviet Union.
He says that the United States is the only country strong enough to protect democracy.