America First Quotes
Ironically, the fascist organizations that did form in America did just that. The American Firsters claimed patriotism motivated them to support Hitler and Father Coughlin and his fascist movement was his own version of Christianity—one which the Roman Catholic Church was so opposed to that they prohibited him from appearing on the radio with his virulent preaching. He was one of several who “hijacked” American Christianity not unlike the way radical Muslims would later in the century hijack Islam.
The hypocricy of this slogan is almost incredible. Most of the actions of the KKK over the years have violated the spirit and the laws of America. They are opposed to many of the Bill of Rights. There was a time, before the 1970s, where members literally got away with murder in the South. When Americas laws were enforced and KKK members who broke the law were jailed and sued for monetary damages, the Klan has a very tiny membership and is constantly under survelience.
This seems to be origin of the slogan that was used by the extreme right wing opponents of fighting Hitler in WWII and an isolationist minor political party that formed in 1944.
In the local and congressional elections of 1918, the boss of New York's Tammany Hall placed restrictions on how political opponents could be attacked, while backing a fusion ticket:
Harding, in his quest for the 1920 Republican presidential nomination, attempted to be as non-controversial as possible. His "6 Point Program" was:
