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American liberty is a religion. It is a thing of the spirit.

Wendell Willkie

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Wendell Willkie
Age: 52 †
Born: 1892
Born: February 18
Died: 1944
Died: October 8
Businessperson
Lawyer
Politician
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Indiana
Wendell Lewis Willkie
Lewis Wendell Willkie
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Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy.
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No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war.
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There exists in the world today a gigantic reservoir of good will toward us, the American people.
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History shows that our way of life is the stronger way. From it has come more wealth, more industry, more happiness, more human enlightenment than from any other way.
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I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.
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The modern airplane creates a new geographic dimension ... the world is small, the world is one.
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If the British Fleet were lost or captured, the Atlantic might be dominated by Germany, a power hostile to our way of life, controlling in that event most of the ships and shipbuilding facilities of Europe.
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But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
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