Henry Agard Wallace Quotes

• Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise.

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• It may be shocking to some people in this country to realize that, without meaning to do so, they hold views in common with Hitler when they preach discrimination against other religious, racial or economic groups.

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• It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.

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• It has been claimed at times that our modern age of technology facilitates dictatorship.

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• In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.

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• If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and ‘with malice toward none and charity for all’ go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail.

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• If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.

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• If this liberal potential is properly channeled, we may expect the area of freedom of the United States to increase. The problem is to spend up our rate of social invention in the service of the welfare of all the people.

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• Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself.

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• A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.

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• A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends.

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• They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.

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• The century on which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man.

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Henry Agard Wallace (33)

Birth:	7th October, 1888
Death:	18th November, 1965
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Henry Agard Wallace was born in Orient, Iowa, USA. He was an American politician. He was the 33rd Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce. He was a strong supporter of New Deal liberalism, and softer policies towards the Soviet Union. In 1910, he graduated  with a bachelor's degree in animal husbandry from Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa.

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