"In different countries the basis of resistance takes……" — John T. Flynn
"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."
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John T. Flynn
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28 Quotes by John T. Flynn
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Imperialism is an institution under which one nation asserts the right to seize the land or at least to control…
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No matter what the cause, even though it be to conquer with tanks and planes and modern artillery some defenseless…
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The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these…
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At the end of all this, Russia held in her hands a vast belt of land running from the Baltic…
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But Fascism cannot continue in a modified form.
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Fascism is not the result of dictatorship.
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Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans.
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I think we have to be fair in saying at this point that neither Roosevelt nor Lewis realized the peril…
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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…
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The Communists were interested in getting into key positions as union officers, statisticians, economists, etc., in order to utilize the…
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When the fountains of government [borrowing] abundance began to dry up, when through lack of funds and the impossibility of…
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But alas, the most terrifying aspect of the whole fascist episode is the dark fact that most of its poisons…
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In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of…
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I am firmly convinced that in the world of today all nations will be forced to the conclusion that cooperation…
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So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the…
— Jean Vanier
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Why buy repeater carbines and nuclear armament - if this is kept at home a child can play with it
— Jean Chretien
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Today when the public thinks of the products of science it is likely to think about environmental problems, an unproductive…
— Unknown Author
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These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice,…
— Samuel Johnson
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The very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase…
— Norman Thomas
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It is my thesis that flying saucers are real and that they are space ships from another solar system. I…
— Hermann Oberth
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There is a common belief that under modern conditions peace cannot be assured except on the basis of an equal…
— Pope John XXIII
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We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated…
— Thomas Jefferson
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If a country develops an economic system that is based on how to pay for the war, and if the…
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