The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group.
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This quote is just one of 44 total Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes in our collection. Franklin D. Roosevelt is known for saying 'The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group.' as well as some of the following quotes.
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustifiedterror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
The liberty of a democracy is not 
This quote is just one of 44 total Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes in our collection. Franklin D. Roosevelt is known for saying 'The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group.' as well as some of the following quotes.
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-Franklin D. Roosevelt