After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past.
Robert MacNeilAbout author
- Author's profession: Journalist
- Nationality: canadian
- Born: January 19, 1931
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