Franklin: a word for a free man
"The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. ”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Message from the President of the United States Transmitting Recommendations Relative to the Strengthening and Enforcement of Anti-trust
Interesting fellow, FDR. Both he, and Teddy Roosevelt, said some very interesting things which have been conveniently forgotten.
Hat-tip to
oxfordgirl
, who posted an excerpt from the Bull Moose speech a while ago...
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Message from the President of the United States Transmitting Recommendations Relative to the Strengthening and Enforcement of Anti-trust
Interesting fellow, FDR. Both he, and Teddy Roosevelt, said some very interesting things which have been conveniently forgotten.
Hat-tip to
oxfordgirl
, who posted an excerpt from the Bull Moose speech a while ago...