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910 pages, Hardcover
First published November 5, 2013
“Liberty produces wealth, and wealth destroys liberty”
Henry Demarest Lloyd in Wealth Against Commonwealth
“The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for the few, unprecedented in the history of mankind.”
From the platform of the Populists Party in 1892
Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few.
Spock in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
In the aftermath of the election, Roosevelt reiterated to reporters his view that “the leader for this time is of little consequence, but the cause itself must triumph, for its triumph is essential to the wellbeing of the American people.” Rather than a rationalization to assuage the bitterness of his loss, his statement would prove remarkably prescient. Although the Progressive Party met defeat, the progressive causes would continue to influence American politics for years to come. Within the coming decade alone, three signal amendments would be added to the Constitution: the Sixteenth, giving the national government the power to levy a progressive income tax, without which many of the New Deal’s social programs might not have been possible; the Seventeenth, providing for the popular election of U.S. senators; and the Nineteenth, finally granting American women the right to vote.