But alas, the most terrifying aspect of the whole fascist episode is the dark fact that most of its poisons are generated not by evil men or evil peoples, but by quite ordinary men in search of an answer to the baffling problems that beset every society.

The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these are washed away by war. The greatest hero is the one who kills the most people. Glamorous exploits in successful lying and mass stealing and heroic vengeance are rewarded with decorations and public acclaim.

Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans.

This most dangerous enemy is the American counterpart of the British Fabian Socialist, who denies that he is a Socialist and operates behind a mask which he calls National Planning.

Fascism is not the result of dictatorship.

But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former vitality.

All that is needed to set us definitely on the road to a Fascist society is war. It will of course be a modified form of Fascism at first.