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> [I have noticed, with much distress, the excessive wartime activity of the investigating bureaus of Congress and the administration, with their impertinent and indecent searching out of the private lives and the past political beliefs of individuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/i-have-noticed-with-much-distress-the-excessive-wartime-activity-of/)

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## More by Wendell Willkie

> [For now more than ever, we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the liberties of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/for-now-more-than-ever-we-must-keep-in-the-forefront-of-our-minds-the/)

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> [It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/it-is-therefore-essential-that-we-guard-our-own-thinking-and-not-be/)

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> [The defense of our democracy against the forces that threaten it from without has made some of its failures to function at home glaringly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/the-defense-of-our-democracy-against-the-forces-that-threaten-it-from/)

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> [Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/today-it-is-becoming-increasingly-apparent-to-thoughtful-americans/)

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> [What a man needs to get ahead is a powerful enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/what-a-man-needs-to-get-ahead-is-a-powerful-enemy/)

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> [If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/if-we-want-to-talk-about-freedom-we-must-mean-freedom-for-others-as/)

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> [Education is the mother of leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/education-is-the-mother-of-leadership/)

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> [I am not interested in the support of anybody who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybody's race or religion. . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/i-am-not-interested-in-the-support-of-anybody-who-stands-for-any-form/)

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> [The modern airplane creates a new geographic dimension ... the world is small, the world is one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/the-modern-airplane-creates-a-new-geographic-dimension-the-world-is/)

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> [A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/a-good-catchword-can-obscure-analysis-for-fifty-years/)

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> [In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek to limit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/in-addition-as-citizens-we-must-fight-in-their-incipient-stages-all/)

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> [We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/we-must-honestly-face-our-relationship-with-great-britain/)

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> [A true world outlook is incompatible with a foreign imperialism, no matter how high-minded the governing country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/a-true-world-outlook-is-incompatible-with-a-foreign-imperialism-no/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/no-man-has-a-right-in-america-to-treat-any-other-man-tolerantly-for/)

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> [American liberty is a religion. It is a thing of the spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/american-liberty-is-a-religion-it-is-a-thing-of-the-spirit/)

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