Some things never change

John Dewey and other well-known intellectuals in an open letter to the Partisan Review, 1939:

"The last war showed only too clearly that we can have no faith in imperialist crusades to bring freedom to any people. Our entry into the war, under the slogan "Stop Hitler!" would actually result in the immediate introduction of totalitarianism over here ... The American people can best help [the German people] by fighting at home to keep their own liberties."

Posted by damian at June 7, 2004 07:03 AM