Dictatorship, by whatever name, is rounded on the doctrine that the individual amounts to nothing; that the State is the only thing that counts; and that men and women and children were put on earth solely for the purpose of serving the State.
Harry Truman: “Dictatorship, by whatever name, is rounded on the doctrine that the individual amounts to nothing; that the State is the…”
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Address in Columbus at a Conference of the Federal Council of Churches.
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