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No man has a right in America to treat any other man tolerantly for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. Our liberties are equal rights of every citizen.
Wendell Willkie
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Wendell Willkie
Age: 52 †
Born: 1892
Born: February 18
Died: 1944
Died: October 8
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To suppress minority thinking and minority expression would tend to freeze society and prevent progress. Now more than ever we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the liberties of those we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.
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Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.
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Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.
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Free men are the strongest men.
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A true world outlook is incompatible with a foreign imperialism, no matter how high-minded the governing country.
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