Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Students from GW and Georgetown come out to support the AU launch Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power." — Franklin Roosevelt    Lisa Farhamy School: American University Member of: Expo Cocktail Reception Roosevelt Policy Expo 2006 Policy interests: Criminal justice, Economic policy, Human rights, International development, International security, Political strategy, Religion   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359