Henry A. Wallace Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“What we must understand is that the industries, processes, and inventions created by modern science can be used either to subjugate or liberate. The choice is up to us.”

“A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.”

“In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.”

“The European brand of fascism will probably present its most serious postwar threat to us via Latin America.”

“The moral and spiritual aspects of both personal and international relationships have a practical bearing which so-called practical men deny.”

“It has been claimed at times that our modern age of technology facilitates dictatorship.”

“The obvious types of American fascists are dealt with on the air and in the press. These demagogues and stooges are fronts for others. Dangerous as these people may be, they are not so significant as thousands of other people who have never been mentioned.”

“Most American fascists are enthusiastically supporting the war effort. They are doing this even in those cases where they hope to have profitable connections with German chemical firms after the war ends.”

“Our chemical and other manufacturing concerns are all too often ready to let the Germans have Latin American markets, provided the American companies can work out an arrangement which will enable them to charge high prices to the consumer inside the United States.”

“If this liberal potential is properly channeled, we may expect the area of freedom of the United States to increase. The problem is to spend up our rate of social invention in the service of the welfare of all the people.”