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âYou cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people s souls and thoughts . . Every step in that direction poisons the very roots of liberalism. It poisons political equality, free speech, free press, and equality of opportunity. It is the road not to more liberty but to less liberty.â â President Herbert Hoover, 1932.
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President Hoover was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt and a movement towards socialism began in earnest. History apparently repeats itself if we don t learn from it. New Hampshire and most of the U.S. didn t learn based on 2020 presidential returns.