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

— Robert M. La Follette Sr.

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

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 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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