Supreme Issue Quotes by Robert La Folette

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• Free men of every generation must combat renewed efforts of organized force and greed to destroy liberty.
• One needs but to study the directory of directories of the great business concerns of the country to determine the extent to…
• No free people in history very long maintained their political freedom after having once surrendered their industrial and commercial freedom.
• The essence of the Progressive movement, as I see it, lies in its purpose to uphold the fundamental principles of representative government.…
• The supreme issue, involving all others, is the encroachment of the powerful few upon the rights of the many.
• Corporations and individuals allied with corporations were invited to come in and take what they would....I determined that the power of this…
• Where there can be shown to be no difference in labor cost, I am for free trade. But the difference must be…
• There never was a higher call to greater service than in this protracted fight for social justice.
• Let the Wall Street wolves and their prostitute press howl, the people will sustain you and history will vindicate you.
• War and rumors of war, are a dreadful diversion for peoples demanding juster distribution of wealth. War is the money changer's opportunity,…
• Make the world safe for democracy.
• Mere passive citizenship is not enough. Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men…

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