Among us today a concentration of private power without equal in history is growing.
Simple Truths message to Congress http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12058.htm (April 29, 1938). http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15637 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759590,00.html
1930s
Контексте: Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths about the liberty of a democratic people. 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.
The second truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if its business system does not provide employment and produce and distribute goods in such a way as to sustain an acceptable standard of living. Both lessons hit home. Among us today a concentration of private power without equal in history is growing.
политические
„…доктора, частные пристава и дамские парикмахеры имеют право вторгаться в частную жизнь.“
«Ночь перед судом»
„Власть становится патриотичнее — страна перешла в её частную собственность.“
Л. Д. Троцкий, «Наше Отечество во времени» (12 апреля 1908 г.).
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