Among us today a concentration of private power without equal in history is growing.
Simple Truths message to Congress http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12058.htm (April 29, 1938). http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15637 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759590,00.html
1930s
Kontext: Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths about the liberty of a democratic people. 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. Both lessons hit home. Among us today a concentration of private power without equal in history is growing.
„Milovaná bytosť má nad nami väčšiu moc než my sami.“
„Láska je maximálna koncentrácia ducha na jediný predmet.“
Prisudzované výroky
„Filozofia bez histórie je slepá. História bez filozofie je prázdna.“
Prisudzované výroky
„Nič nepridá vášmu životu toľko, ako koncentrácia všetkej energie na obmedzený počet cieľov“
