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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.

— 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.

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

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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