"Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths about the liberty 

of a democratic people. . . . The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not 
safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes 
stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — 

ownership of a government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling 

private power." Message from The President of the United States, Transmitting Recom- 
mendations Relative to the Strengthening and Enforcement of Anti-Trust Laws, 
Senate Document 173, 75th Congress, 3d Session.(citado por Brady. 

Trata-se, nada mais nada menos, que a apropriação do presidente dos 

EUA de uma verdade política já posta no Leviatã de Hobbes, 

Quem quiser, compare).