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land, sustained by the conviction of their superiority. This is no longer the era of improvident liberalisms, of sterile demagogies, of useless personalities and breed-
ers of disorder. Political democ-
racy is being replaced by an economic democracy, in which the Government, directly emanat-
ing from the people, and insti-
tuted for the defense of their interests, organizes Labor, the source of national greatness and not the means for, nor the path towards private fortunes. There is no longer a place for regimes founded upon privileges and dis-
tinctions; there can only exist those which incorporate the en-
tire nation in the same duties and offer, equitably, social justice and opportunities to all in the struggle for life.

Political discipline must be based upon social justice, pro-
tecting labor and the laborer, in order that the latter no longer be considered a negative value, a pariah of the community, hos-
tile or indifferent to the society in which he is living.

Only thus will it be possible to constitute a cohesive national nucleus, capable of opposing the

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