There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful.

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.

It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.

We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.

With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.

Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself.

This is a fight between a free world and a slave world.

The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.

Scientific understanding is our joy. Economic and political understanding is our duty.

The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man.

Nothing will bind the eyes of man quicker than the touch of compromise. A principle not compromised is a principle worth dying for. A dream not compromised is a dream worth living for.

If you like books with happy endings then put this book down immediately.

Might was the measure of right.

If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might be useful. I can't say. But it might.

You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.

He comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water, gets out of his grave and goes up off the Hill of Howth. What drivel is this?

Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.

In Moulin Rouge I could not change the name of Toulouse-Lautrec obviously to Toulouse-Lautrec- Martinez. But in ER I did that, my name is Dr Victor Clemente, so sometimes it is possible.

The measure of a man is what happens when nothing works and you got the guts to go on.

Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as well.