DEMOCRATIC DESPOTISM
Raoul E. Desvernine   April, 1936
“The Founding Fathers  were realists.  They isolated the very germ of practical freedom  from philosophical abstractions.  The Prophets of the New Deal, . . .”   “speak of economic freedom  theoretically,  but when, . . .”   “their ideas are given a practical application  they prove to be regimentaton.”   “The Founding Fathers  liberated the mind:  the new Prophets  destroy the independence of the mind.”  (Chapter XIII,  p. 235.)
     “Tradition is our anchorage to the past,  our ballast in the present,  and it should be our compass  for the future.  In distress  an experienced mariner  might jettison his cargo  to save his ship,  but he certainly would not throw his chart,  compass,  and rudder  overboard;  and leave himself adrift  without any knowledge of,  or control over,  his direction.”  (Chapter I,  p. 7.)
     “It is being claimed that the New Deal  has a clear and definite tendency toward the Totalitarian State,  in one or other of its modern European versions:  Fascism, Nazism, or Sovietism.”   Raoul E. Desvernine  “resolved to  explore the teachings  and to analyze the activities of the New Deal,”  to examine the accusation  “that the Roosevelt Administration  has adopted measures,  is pursuing policies,  and is engaged in activities  which are intended to transform our political institutions  and to remodel our social and economic order,”  in that manner.
     In his book  Mr. Desvernine  chose  “the method of letting some of the official leaders of the New Deal  speak for themselves  and explain their ideas and actions  in their own words.”   “My concern is primarily with principles,  not personalities.”  ( Foreward.)
      .
        Last word. 


LandGrab.US
Eminent Domain -  Condemnation:
reduces Private Property  to a priviledge,
and creates Nomads.

Isonomia.US

The Butler Act,   Trial,   ReTrial Petition,   Repeal (P. 147).
Friday,  4 May,  2007   Mike Huckabee said:  He  “can accept that others believe that  they  and their families  come from apes.”