Excerpt from The Struggle for Human Rights
by Eleanor Roosevelt

1. It is my belief, and I am sure it is also yours, that the struggle for democracy and freedom is a critical struggle, for their preservation is essential to the great objective of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security. Among free men, the end cannot justify the means. We know the patterns of totalitarianism—the single political party, the control of schools, press, radio, the arts, the sciences, and the church to support autocratic authority; these are the age-old patterns against which men have struggled for three thousand years. These are the signs of reaction, retreat, and retrogression.

2. The United Nations must hold fast to the heritage of freedom won by the struggle of its people; it must help us to pass it on to generations to come. The development of the ideal of freedom and its translation into the everyday life of the people in great areas of the earth is the product of the efforts...

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According to the selection, what is implied about the patterns of totalitarianism?

A. It reflects liberation throughout the population.
B. It reflects oppression throughout the population.
C. It creates rebellion throughout the population.
D. It creates division throughout the population.