Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege. Tommy Douglas More Quotes by Tommy Douglas More Quotes From Tommy Douglas We are not anti-American. We do not dislike Americans though we abhor American imperialism in all its manifestations. But then, so do many Americans. Many of them have said that even more forthrightly than we have, and many of them have suffered more than any of us for their plain speaking. Tommy Douglas plain-speaking imperialism said Those who want to burn books are either afraid of the ideas contained within the covers or they haven't the courage to stand up for the views which they themselves profess to hold. Tommy Douglas views book ideas We believe that no nation can survive politically free but economically enslaved. Tommy Douglas nations believe Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom. Tommy Douglas spy people way The Bible is like a bull fiddle, you can play almost any tune you want on it. Tommy Douglas bulls tunes play I am proud that my daughter believes, as I do, that hungry children should be fed whether they are Black Panthers or White Republicans. Tommy Douglas daughter believe children I am sure that hon. members will realize that I am not drawing on my imagination when I state that last fall there were children going to school in Saskatchewan with only sacking wrapped around their feet. We have gone into homes and found mothers and children lying on piles of bedding in the corner; they did not have the proper bedding equipment or the proper clothing to meet the rigours of a very cold winter. Tommy Douglas mother lying children I remember burying a girl fourteen years of age who had died with a ruptured appendix... I buried a good many people that I knew, some of whom I loved. Tommy Douglas girl people years At this season of the year we draw close to Good Friday. All the eyes of the world will turn back to "a green hill far away, without a city wall," where the founder of Christianity was crucified by those forces of selfishness, greed, and lust for gain that are still at work in the world. It seems to me that unless we do something in Canada about the question of the export of war materials there will be another crucifixion - the crucifixion of a generation of young men, crucified upon a cross of nickel. Tommy Douglas wall friday war If ever we needed in this country to adopt a new attitude towards homosexuality, this is the time. Instead of treating it as a crime, and driving it underground, we ought to recognize it for what it is: it's a mental illness, it's a psychiatric condition which ought to be treated sympathetically by psychiatrists and social workers. Tommy Douglas driving attitude country We agree with the statement contained in the encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, written by Pope Leo XIII, that "anything which dominates the life of the community should be owned by the community." That is the basis upon which we believe there should be government ownership of monopolistic enterprises. Tommy Douglas community government believe A recession is when your neighbour has to tighten his belt. A depression is when you have to tighten your own belt. And a panic is when you have no belt to tighten and your pants fall down. Tommy Douglas panic pants fall Houdini used to pull rabbits out of a hat, but he never tried to make a living out of selling them when he had pulled them out of the hat Tommy Douglas hats selling rabbits Will it be a great source of comfort to certain Canadian boys to know that the bullet that maimed them for life was made from Canadian nickel sold by the International Nickel Company? Tommy Douglas bullets comfort boys In Washington they have their hawks and doves and in Ottawa we have our parrots. Tommy Douglas dove hawks ottawa To accept the principal that "all power proceeds from the barrel of a gun" is to accept a society which will be dominated by those with the biggest guns. Tommy Douglas barrels accepting gun I went around to the little schoolhouses, talking like a professor, explaining our platform. We were lucky if the collection gave us enough for gas to get to the next place. We encouraged questions, and people asked us if it was true we were going to take their farms, like the Soviets in Russia, and did we believe in God. Tommy Douglas russia talking believe I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance. Tommy Douglas will morality health government