Wendell Willkie

Wendell Willkie in 1940

Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive, and the 1940 Republican candidate for president.

Quotes

• The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.
  • An American Programme (1944), ch. 2

• Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the colour of their skin.
  • One World (1943), ch. 13

Misattributed

• A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
  • He was actually quoting Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., during an America's Town Meeting of the Air broadcast, at The Town Hall in New York City, (January 6, 1938)

Quotes about Wendell Willkie

• Muriel Rukeyser called her life of Wendell Willkie "a story and a song."
  • Adrienne Rich Arts of the Possible (2001)