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It is true that Progressive fringe groups of the early Twentieth Century championed such wrong-headed and evil causes as prohibition, eugenics and racism.
But the accomplishments of Mainstream Progressivism, including Good Government, Civil Service, Food and Drug Laws, Administrative Law, Professional Licensure, Collective Bargaining, Conservation of our Natural Wonders, Civic Projects, Libraries and Public Art serve as the high point of the realization of the American Dream.
Their downfall? War.
Within months of America's entrance into World War I, sedition laws, Governmental intervention in labor disputes, military seizure of private property and Patriotic Jingoism had toppled the movement.
But the progressive blood and lofty dreams of my dear ancestors runs in my veins and my thoughts. They were the Great Parents of the Greatest Generation, and I am a child of the Same.
Progressive Si! Liberal No!
