Publicity, discussion, and agitation are necessary to accom… - Robert M. La Follette

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Publicity, discussion, and agitation are necessary to accomplish any work of lasting benefit.

Robert M. La Follette

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About Robert M. La Follette

Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855 - June 18, 1925) was an American Republican (and later a Progressive) politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1906 to 1925. He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in 1924, carrying Wisconsin and winning 17% of the national popular vote.

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Native Name: Robert Marion La Follette Senior

Also Known As: Fighting Bob

Alternative Names: Bob La Follette • Robert La Follette • Robert Marion La Follette • Fighting Bob La Follette • Robert M. La Follette Sr. • Robert Marion La Follette Sr. • Robert Marion Lafollette • Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette

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We are slow to realize that democracy is a life; and involves continual struggle. It is only as those of every generation who love democracy resist with all their might the encroachments of its enemies that the ideals of representative government can even be nearly approximated.

The real cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy.

Wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism.

Publicity, discussion, and agitation are necessary to accomplish any work of lasting benefit. - Robert M. La Follette

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