“Communism worked honestly by officials devoid of human frailties and devoted to nothing but the good of its slaves, would have certain manifest material advantages as compared with a proletarian wage-system where millions live in semi-starvation, and many millions more in permanent dread thereof. But even if it were administered thus Communism would only produce its benefits through imposing slavery.” IfsHumansWisdomCertainPoliticsMillionsEconomyProduceMaterialsBenefitsAdvantageSlaverySlaveHonestlyCommunismPermanentOfficialsLiberalismManifestDreadDevotedStarvationImposingFrailtyHuman Frailties Author:Hilaire Belloc
“Always moved by religious motives, the Church has condemned the various forms of Marxist Socialism; and she condemns them today, because it is her permanent right and duty to safeguard men from currents of thought and influence that jeopardize their eternal salvation.” MenWisdomTodayFormPoliticsChurchReligiousEconomyInfluenceDutyEternalMovedSalvationCurrentsVariousSocialismPermanentMotiveLiberalismMarxistJeopardize Author:Pope Pius XI
“Faced with such insecurity, labor unions seek a solution in demands for higher wages, shorter hours, pensions, and such things. But this approach takes monopolistic capitalism for granted, and accepts the unnatural division between property and responsibility as permanent. A much more radical solution is apt to come, and this may take either of two forms.” MayTwoWisdomFormPoliticsHoursResponsibilityAcceptingEconomyHigherDemandApproachSolutionsCapitalismLaborPropertyUnionsGrantedRadicalPermanentLiberalismInsecurityDivisionWagesUnnaturalPensionLabor Union Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“It will never be possible for any length of time for any group of the American people, either by reason of wealth or learning or inheritance or economic power, to retain any mandate, any permanent authority to arrogate to itself the political control of American public life.” PeopleReasonPoliticalPoliticsWealthGroupsEconomicPoliticianAuthorityPermanentLengthCynicalInheritancePublic LifeMandatesEconomic Power Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt