Prefaces TO PEACE
A source page for quotes linked to Wendell Willkie.
“American liberty is a religion. It is a thing of the spirit.”
“The modern airplane creates a new geographic dimension ... the world is small, the world is one.”
“Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy.”
“There exists in the world today a gigantic reservoir of good will toward us, the American people.”
“The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.”
“Education is the mother of leadership.”
“And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups.”
“The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.”
“But we cannot just take this historical fact for granted. We must make it live.”
“There are no distant places any longer: the world is small and the world is one.”
“We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.”
“I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains.”
“Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.”
“Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.”