Perhaps "...not too far removed..." in a casual reading, but light years
distant in underlying premise.

"Tom S." wrote in message news:R0rtb.13

Indeed, JFK's quote is not too far removed from this one:

"Thus state of mind, which subordinates the interests of the ego to the
conservation of the community, is really the first premise for every truly
human culture..." Adolf Hitler, _Mein_Kampf_

(IOW; the collective and service to the state over the individual and the
government as servant, not the master).