All that is needed to set us definitely on the road to a Fascist society is war. It will of course be a modified form of Fascism at first.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about society, war
As I write, of course, Mussolini is an evil memory. But in 1933 he was a towering figure who was supposed to have discovered something worth study and imitation by all world artificers everywhere.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about memory, world
At the end of all this, Russia held in her hands a vast belt of land running from the Baltic sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, comprising eleven nations with a population of 100 million people.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about prison, nation, magic, end, people
But among them now were a large number of Communists in positions of great power within the new union movement, some of them actually moving close to the center of power. This was the crack in the wall through which they entered. Their power was...JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about power, communism, union, numbers
But as we shall see, Roosevelt, through a combination of events and influences, fell deeper and deeper into the toils of various revolutionary operators, not because he was interested in revolution but because he was interested in votes.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about revolution, events
But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former vitality.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about vitality, praise
Fascism is the consequence of economic jam and dictatorship is the product of Fascism, for Fascism cannot be managed save by a dictator.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about dictatorship, consequences
Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about americans
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.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about country
Most people in this country believe that the American Communist Party and its dupes are the chief internal enemy of our economic system and our form of government. This is a serious mistake.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about mistake, enemies, americans, country, faith, people
Regimentation of American life means forming society into regiments, subjecting it to orders, drills, commanders.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about society, americans, life
The anti-trust laws forbade such organizations. Roosevelt had denounced Hoover for not enforcing these laws sufficiently. Now he suspended them and compelled men to combine.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about man
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.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about workers, victory
The Communists are a traitorous bloc in our midst, but if every Communist in America were rounded up and liquidated, the greatest menace to our form of social organization would still be among us.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about communism
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.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about communism, revolution, union, order
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.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about commerce, authority
The old gentlemen called a conference among themselves for the next day and went home for slumbers so essential in their advanced years.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about essential, home, old, olderness, day
The only result of our present system - unless we reverse the drift - must be the gradual extension of the fascist sector and the gradual disappearance of the system of free enterprise under a free representative government.JQuote by John Thomas Flynn about present