Henry A. Wallace (1888–1965) Vice President of the United States
Quoted by Thom Hartmann in Fascists Compete To Own America, Common Dreams, https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/04/30/fascists-compete-own-america (30 April 2018)
“The truth is that history constantly presents new problems in the guise of old.”
Source: Barbarian Sentiments - How The American Century Ends (1989), Chapter 5, Nationalism, p. 155.
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caption below a drawing, in brush and India ink – private collection
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