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The individual is fast disappearing as a business factor and in his stead is this new device, the modern corporation.

— Robert M. La Follette Sr.

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Wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism.

Publicity, discussion, and agitation are necessary to accomplish any work of lasting benefit.

Mere passive citizenship is not enough. Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from those who are aggressive for what is wrong.

The real cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy.

I shall support the President in the measures he proposes when I believe them to be right. I shall oppose measures proposed by the President when I believe them to be wrong.

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