p. 92 “liberal fascism” by jonah goldberg:
“teddy’s new nationalism was equal parts nationalism and socialism. ‘the new nationalism,’ (teddy) roosevelt proclaimed ‘rightly maintains that every man holds his property subjet to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require of it.’ this sort of rhetoric conjured fears among classical liberals (again increasingly called conservatives) that teddy would ride roughshod over american liberties. ‘where will it all end’? asked the liberal editor of the new york ‘world’ about the rush to centralize government power. ‘despotism? caesarism’?”
teddy roosevelt was a big government guy.
goldberg’s book is a good read. i highly recommend it.
“The man who wrongly holds that every human right is secondary to his profit must now give way to the advocate of human welfare, who rightly maintains that every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it.” Speech, Osawatomie, Kan., 31 Aug 1910
Here is another quote:
“My position as regards to monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run, identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand; for property belongs to man and not man to property. – Teddy Roosevelt Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910.
The libs love to call W a fascist, but I don't see him throwing anyone in jail for saying it, or shutting down newspapers, like lib icons Wilson and FDR did.