The Power of Reason: 1988: An Autobiography by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

By Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr.

Author's Foreword, 1987 During the course of the past nearly twenty years, I have become perhaps the most controversial among the influential international figures of this decade. Unlike all of the other leading candidates for the U.S. presidency since 1945, I am an influential original thinker. This is not to suggest that such prospective candidates as Vice President George Bush and Senator Robert Dole are lacking in intelligence or executive abilities. For the past forty years, the successful candidates for the presidency have been persons who, in the customary manner of speaking, advanced their political career up to that point, by doing "the right thing at the right time," saying and doing nothing which will make enemies among important factions of the "establishment." Bush and Dole, for example have adapted to those rules for success under ordinary conditions. However, this is a crisis; in such crises, what is customarily successful becomes a failure. Our nation has once again entered into a time when only the unusual succeeds, and the usual fails. We have entered into a period of crisis in which only original thinkers are qualified to lead. On paper, our nation is a constitutional democratic republic. In reality, it has not been such a republic for approximately one hundred years, certainly not since the sweeping changes in our form of government introduced during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. Most of the time, the policies of government, the selection of most leading candidates for federal office, and the majority of popular opinion, have been regulated by behind-the-scenes committees representing what is called "the establishment." Under this arrangement, candidates for leading office present themselves, like job applicants for corporate executive appointments, to this "establishment." The "establishment" either gives such candidates permission to campaign, or "not at this time." If given such permission, the candidate so "authorized" seeks backing for his or her election by the "establishment," by proving to the "establishment" that he or she can "sell" the policy which the establishment has decided to push at that time. ... I began to understand this in 1947. ... I wished General Dwight Eisenhower to campaign for the 1948 Democratic nomination. The general replied to me, stating agreement with my policy arguments in support of his candidacy, but informing me his candidacy was not appropriate at that time. There is no doubt that Eisenhower could have won the 1948 nomination and election by a landslide, had the "establishment" permitted him to campaign. ...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1983331260
• ISBN13: 9781983331268
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.9" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

The life of an American Genius

Lyndon LaRouche is by far the greatest living genius and one of the great minds of all time! He is also our greatest living economist, a philosopher, a Democrat, a statesman, and a former political prisoner. I say this as a person who has read a huge amount of his work, attended his speeches on many occasions, and has met him in person a few times. This is a detailed account of his life up until the late 80's. The only downfall is that he has accomplished so much after the time period when the book ends. You can read daily political and economic updates at the LaRouche PAC web site: larouchepac dot com. Remember: LaRouche is the only person who forcasted the economic collapse that we are in right now. Don't you think it's time to listen to him?