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Showing posts with label Wendell Willkie. Show all posts

Freedom is an indivisible word

Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.

by Wendell Willkie

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Emancipation came to the colored race in America

Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.

by Wendell Willkie

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