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We maintain that it is not only the prerogative but it is also the duty of the government to limit the amount of profits acquired by any industry.

— Charles Coughlin A Series of Lectures on Social Justice (1935)

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I believe in upholding the right to private property but in controlling it for the public good.

The representatives of labor should have a voice in the management of the business.

A Series of Lectures on Social Justice (1935)

I believe in nationalizing those public resources which by their very nature are too important to be held in the control of private individuals.

I oppose modem capitalism because by its very nature it cannot and will not function for the common good. In fact, it is a detriment to civilization.

Must the entire world go to war for 600,000 Jews in Germany who are neither American, nor French, nor English citizens, but citizens of Germany?

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