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Wendell Willkie Quotes

1892–1944 United States

Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive, and the 1940 Republican candidate for president.

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The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.

An American Programme (1944)

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.

It was a bit of campaign oratory.

Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the colour of their skin.

One World (1943)

A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Wendell Willkie (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.