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FDR: The principle that they would instill into government if they succeed in seizing power is well shown by the principles…

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The principle that they would instill into government if they succeed in seizing power is well shown by the principles which many of them have instilled into their own affairs: autocracy toward labor, toward stockholders, toward consumers, toward public sentiment.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

He warns that those who seek power often impose autocratic principles in various aspects of society.

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