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DSandra

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2. FDR's two truths of liberty...
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 12:37 AM
Feb 2025

"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."

- https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/message-congress-curbing-monopolies

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