"Liberalism means an intelligent effort to keep the political and economic development of our nation abreast of the responsibilities that come from an atomic age. It means an extension of the use of our resources for the common good, the solving of the problem of maintaining democratic principles and free competitive enterprise in a day of Big Business, Big Unions, and Big Government."
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United States presidential candidates, 1952Democratic Party (United States) politiciansUnited States presidential candidates, 1956Members of the United States SenatePeople from Tennessee
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Estes Kefauver
Carey Estes Kefauver (26 July 1903 – 10 August 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1939 to 1949 and in the Senate from 1949 until his death in 1963.
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