"The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens."
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Activists from the United StatesLawyers from New York (state)Episcopalians from the United StatesUnited States presidential candidates, 1944Republican Party (United States) politicians
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An American Programme (1944), ch. 2
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Wendell Willkie
Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 β October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive, and the 1940 Republican candidate for president.
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