‘‘Democracy at its shabby third-best is better than Fascism at its proudest. The cruelties, the repressions, and the injustices committed in the United States today, though far from negligible, are still nothing compared to the efficient assault that Fascism has made on the very principles of civilization. In one case, the evils are accidental, in the case of Fascism, they are essential-part of the very structure of the state itself.’’