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. (Wendell Willkie)

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.

Wendell Willkie

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