Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Students leaf through the 25 ideas publications over lunch at the Roosevelt Policy Expo 2007 Announcements Africa Policy Conference @ UNC Perfect Presidential Platform crafted @ UGA 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 National Press Chronicle of Higher Education The Nation LA Times New York Times > 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    Elizabeth L Norris School: Barnard College Member of: Center on Foreign Affairs Center on International Relations Making Democracy Work Rebuilding the Criminal Justice System Think International Global Policy & Politics Policy interests: Criminal justice, Human rights, International security, Political strategy, Religion, Women, gender, and feminism My name is Lizzie, and I'm a junior at Barnard College in New York City, where I study Political Science, Human Rights, and Psychology. I am currently studying in Madrid and interning at the Safe Democracy Foundation.    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 / 1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 4th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 || Fax: (202) 483-2657