Original sentence: (The revolutionaries thought him no better; Leon Trotsky, on more than one occasion, levelled high-profile criticism at Thomas.)  He wrote several books, among them his passionate defense of World War I conscientious objectors, Is Conscience a Crime.He and his fellow democratic socialists were also some of the only public figures to virulently oppose the Internment of Japanese Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor at a time when virually every public figure and government official approved of it.He had an early admiration for the Russian Revolution that subsequently turned into a devout anti-communism.Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968) was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.Thomas frequently spoke on the difference between socialism and Communism, and explaining the differences between the movement he represented and that of revolutionary Marxism.Thomas was as outspoken in opposing the Second World War as he was the first, and served on the board of the America First Committee
Edited sentence: He ferquently made clear the difference between socialism and Communism, and brillantly explained the differences between the movement he represented and that of revolutionary Marxism.He saw relatively early on that the Soviet Union was a tyranical state that not only terrorized its own people but falsely proclaimed itself a genuine socialist country.Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 - December 19, 1968) was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party.Norman Thomas was as outspoken in opposing the Second World War as he was the first, and served on the board of the America First Committee.Thomas and his fellow democratic socialists were also some of the only public figures to virulently oppose the Internment of Japanese Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor at a time when virually every public figure and government official, conservative and liberal--Democrat and Republican, approved of it.Thomas and the democratic socialists of the 1930s and 40s tried long and hard to convince liberal figures and intellectuals how corrupt and perverse Communism was until it became self evident after the death of Stalin in the early 1950s.Thomas wrote several books, among them his passionate defense of World War I conscientious objectors, Is Conscience a Crime