Wendell Willkie Quotes


Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.


Citations

Willkie, Wendell L. Acceptance Speech, Elwood, Indiana, 17 Aug. 1940. Published in This Is Wendell Willkie, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940, p. 278.

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Wendell Willkie
Wendell Willkie
  • Born: February 18, 1892
  • Died: October 8, 1944
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Lawyer

Wendell Lewis Willkie was an American lawyer, corporate executive, and the 1940 Republican nominee for President of the United States. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940 election with about 55% of the popular vote and took the electoral college vote by a wide margin.