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Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. fue un profesor y político estadounidense. Miembro del Partido Demócrata, se desempeñó como Representante de los Estados Unidos del distrito 11 del Congreso de California desde 1973 hasta su asesinato como parte de la masacre de Jonestown en 1978.

Después de los disturbios en Watts de 1965, el asambleísta Ryan tomó un trabajo como maestro de escuela sustituto para investigar y documentar las condiciones en el área. En 1970, decidió investigar las condiciones de las cárceles de California. Mientras presidía como presidente del comité de la Asamblea que supervisaba la reforma de la prisión, usó un seudónimo para ingresar a la prisión de Folsom como preso. Durante su tiempo en el Congreso, Ryan viajó a Terranova para investigar la práctica de la caza de focas. También fue famoso por la crítica vocal de la falta de supervisión del Congreso de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia , y fue autor de la Enmienda Hughes-Ryan, aprobada en 1974.[1]​[2]​

Ryan fue baleado y muerto en una pista de aterrizaje en Guyana en noviembre de 1978 mientras su grupo intentaba escapar de una situación peligrosa. Había viajado a Guyana para investigar las denuncias de personas retenidas contra su voluntad en el asentamiento de Peoples Temple Jonestown. Ryan fue asesinado el mismo día del suicidio en masa, que ocurrió apenas 11 días después de ser reelegido para un cuarto mandato. Fue el segundo miembro en funciones de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos en ser asesinado en el cargo, el primero fue James M. Hinds en 1868. Fue galardonado póstumamente con la Medalla de Oro del Congreso en 1983.[3]​ Wikipedia  

✵ 5. mayo 1925 – 18. noviembre 1978
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“How much longer, for instance, can we continue to crowd more and more people into this world? How much longer can we afford to wage senseless, destructive wars? How long can we permit the uncontrolled use of the earth's resources when there is no possibility of replacing them? Indeed, how long will it be before we have completely used up everything our lives depend on? These issues are the politics of the future. Neither Republicans nor Democrats have begun to spell out in substantive fashion the means by which we can control population growth, environmental problmes, and the conservation of our natural resources.”

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Leo Ryan libro USA/From Where We Stand

USA/From Where We Stand: Readings in Contemporary American Problems (1970), Introduction, p. 3.

“Thank you for your very detailed letter regarding Scientology. We haven't yet found a way to attack these jackals who feed on children and young adults who are too emotionally weak to stand by themselves when they reach the age of consent. It's too bad there isn't a 20th Century Charles Dickens to write about the terrible destruction of these 20th Century fagins who make themselves rich while they destroy the psyche of so many. At the present time, I can only encourage you to do more of what you have been doing.”

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Letter to Ida Camburn (10 December 1976).

“Mr. Speaker, the activities of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church continue to cause distress for many of us. As you know, the House Subcommittee on International Organizations, chaired by my distinguished colleague, Donald Fraser, is investigating allegations of close ties between the Reverend Moon and some of his organizations and the South Korean government, including the KCIA. As a member of the subcommittee, I am, of course, disturbed over such allegations. My greatest concern, however, is for those young people who have been converted by these religious cults and for their parents, who have suffered the loss of their children. One of these parents, Mrs. Ida Watson Camburn of Sunnyvale, Calif., brought to my attention the testimony of John G. Clark, Jr., M. D., assistant professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, before a Vermont Senate committee, which was investigating religious cults. Dr. Clark's remarks, based on 2 ½ years of research, deal with the effects of some religious cults on the mental and physical health and welfare of their converts. I highly recommend his conclusions to my colleagues.”

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Statement read into the United States Congressional Record (3 November 2007), "The Effects of Religious Cults on the Health and Welfare of Their Converts", United States Congressional Record, Vol. 123 Part 29, No. 181 Proceedings and Debates of 95th Congress (First Session).

“John F. Kennedy's death was as personal a body blow to most of the nation's young people. Why? It seems to me that the answer is simple: He was the symbol of the new generation grasping the tiller of the ship of state for the first time, and finding it exhilarating, exciting, challenging. He knew that there is an element of danger in accepting a challenge — in taking a risk that is beyond what is expected of you, beyond what you may expect of yourself.”

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Leo Ryan libro Understanding California Government and Politics

Understanding California Government and Politics (1966), Preface, p. v.