"It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong."

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Source : Speech accepting nomination as Republican candidate for president in Elwood, Indiana (August 17, 1940); as quoted in "This Is Wendell Willkie" by Wendell Willkie, (p. 273 - 274), 1940.

Wendell Willkie

#Strength Quotes #Being Strong Quotes #Peace Quotes

“Let all your thinks be thanks.”
“Hiding my migraines on the set may have been my toughest challenge as an actor. There were times when the pain from migraine headaches was so severe that I literally had to crawl across my dressing room floor. But I couldnt let anyone know. If they thought I might slow production, I figured that would end my career.”
“The world is what you believe it to be, and it changes as you change.”
“. . . and I donâ€™t expect him to suborn his life into mine any more than I would change my dreams for him. Weâ€™re not one soul, one being, however much we love each other.”
“He who thinks to save anything by his religion, besides his soul, will be a loser in the end.”
“I feel like I always learn when I'm writing, even when I'm not writing about myself. I'm careful not to judge; I try to internalize and empathize with the characters. Stepping into that person's shoes is transformative. It changes you. Looking at my own life, it's also humbling to write.”
“There's been an instant desire to try to take some of the rhetoric that has done so well for Mr. Trump and apply it to Australian politics.”

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“Require nothing unreasonable of your officers and men, but see that whatever is required be punctually complied with. Reward and punish every man according to his merit, without partiality or prejudice; hear his complaints; if well founded, redress them; if otherwise, discourage them, in order to prevent frivolous ones. Discourage vice in every shape, and impress upon the mind of every man, from the first to the lowest, the importance of the cause, and what it is they are contending for.”

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