Status Updates From One Clear Call (Lanny Budd #9)

"the irony of the free enterprise system, so ardently praised by the enterprisers[:] the system could keep the people in comfort so long as the energies of the community were being devoted to killing other people; but the moment they settled down to enjoy the peace their valor had won, they found themselves heading into another depression

"It was wonderful what a clear, keen mind, rigid honesty, and a quiet voice could accomplish in the management of men.

"What chance does the democratic tradition stand when its enemies control ninety per cent of the press and the radio and the money—plus all of the weapons?