"Democracy, to me, is liberty plus economic security. To put it in plain language, we Americans want to talk, pray, think as we please—and eat regular."
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Quoted by Robert H. Jackson, Speech to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco (1939): reported in Eugene C. Gerhart, America's Advocate: Robert H. Jackson (1958), p. 456
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Maury Maverick
Fontaine Maury Maverick Sr. (October 23, 1895 – June 7, 1954) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas, representing the 20th district from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1939. He is best remembered for his independence from the party and for coining the term "gobbledygook" for obscure and euphemistic bureaucratic language.
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