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“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.”

Quote by John T. Flynn

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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

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“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

“This most dangerous enemy is the American counterpart of the British Fabian Socialist, who denies that he is a Socialist and operates behind a mask which he calls National Planning.”

Behinds Enemy Dangerous Deny British Planning Mask Socialist Counterparts

Author:John T. Flynn

“The line between fascism and Fabian socialism is very thin. Fabian socialism is the dream. Fascism is Fabian socialism plus the inevitable dictator.”

Dream Lines Socialism Inevitable Plus Fascism Dictator

Book:The road ahead

Source: The road ahead

“We seem to be a long way off from the kind of Fascism which we behold in Italy today, but we are not so far from the kind of Fascism which Mussolini preached in Italy before he assumed power, and we are slowly approaching the conditions which made Fascism there possible.”

Way Kind Long Made Seems Today Conditions Fascism Long Way

Author:John T. Flynn