“The really dangerous American fascist... is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power... They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective, toward which all their deceit is directed, is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.~quoted in the New York Times, April 9, 1944””
Quotes by Henry A. Wallace
“The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact.””
“The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.””
“We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.””
“Men and women can not be really free until they have plenty to eat, and time and ability to read and think and talk things over.””
Henry A. WallaceHenry A. Wallace was an influential American politician, agricultural expert, and writer who played a significant role in shaping U.S. agricultural policy during the 20th century. Born in 1888, he ser...