William E. Borah - Democracy is something more, vastly more, than a

Democracy is something more, vastly more, than a mere form of government by which society is restrained into free and orderly life. It is a moral entity, a spiritual force, as well. And these are things which live only and alone in the atmosphere of liberty.

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William E. Borah, 1865-1940, U. S. Senator (Republican, ID), Reason given for voting against the League of Nations Treaty, Speech, November 19, 1919

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William E. Borah

Born: June 29, 1865
Died: January 19, 1940
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Biography

William Edgar Borah was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often considered an isolationist, because he led the Irreconcilables, senators who would not accept the Treaty of Versailles, Senate ratification of which would have made the U.S. part of the League of Nations.

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