Home / Quotes / Quote by John T. Flynn

Quote by John T. Flynn

“Fascism is not the result of dictatorship.”

Quote by John T. Flynn

Author

John T. Flynn was an outstanding journalist known for his profound insights into economic and social issues. His career spanned much of the 20th century, during which he wrote numerous articles on politics, economics, and history. Flynn's work is celebrated for its critical thinking and support of the free market. more

You May Also Like

“I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.”

Mind Facts Light My Own Ethics Available

Author:Ian Anderson

“Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans.”

Book:As We Go Marching

Source: As We Go Marching

“I think we have to be fair in saying at this point that neither Roosevelt nor Lewis realized the peril to which they were exposing both the unions and the country.”

Thinking Country Fairs Unions Peril Exposing

Author:John T. Flynn

“The CIO put up half a million dollars for Roosevelt's 1936 campaign and provided him with an immense group of active labor workers who played a large part in the sweeping victory he won at the polls.”

Half Millions Groups Victory Labor Dollars Workers Active Campaigns Immense Polls Million Dollars Sweeping Cio

Author:John T. Flynn

“The Communists were interested in getting into key positions as union officers, statisticians, economists, etc., in order to utilize the apparatus of the unions to promote the cause of revolution.”

Order Causes Position Revolution Keys Unions Etc Communist Officers Economist Statistician

Author:John T. Flynn

“When the fountains of government [borrowing] abundance began to dry up, when through lack of funds and the impossibility of negotiating fresh loans the state was forced to check the extension of bureaucracy and to put a stop to public works, then and then only did the Italians realize what it meant to have allowed themselves to be made one of the most heavily taxed nations in the world.”

World Made States Government Nations Realizing Checks Dry Abundance Fund Extensions Bureaucracy Fountain Impossibility Loan Borrowing Negotiating Dry Up

Book:As We Go Marching

Source: As We Go Marching

“But alas, the most terrifying aspect of the whole fascist episode is the dark fact that most of its poisons are generated not by evil men or evil peoples, but by quite ordinary men in search of an answer to the baffling problems that beset every society.”

“In different countries the basis of resistance takes different forms, but it comes chiefly from the conservative groups. Hence it becomes increasingly difficult to go on spending in the presence of persisting deficits and rising debt. Some form of spending must be found that will command the support of the conservative groups. Political leaders, embarrassed by their subsidies to the poor, soon learned that one of the easiest ways to spend money is on military establishments and armaments, because it commands the support of the groups most opposed to spending.”

Source: As We Go Marching

“The NRA provided that in America each industry should be organized into a federally supervised trade association. It was not called a corporative. It was called a Code Authority.”

Should America Industry Authority Trade Code Organized Association Nra

Author:John T. Flynn

“These code authorities could regulate production, quantities, qualities, prices, distribution methods, etc., under the supervision of the NRA. This was fascism.”

Quality Authority Method Productions Code Etc Fascism Quantity Distribution Supervision Nra

Author:John T. Flynn