Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIThose who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
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It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
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And when we lose faith in the system
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And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say
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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
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The law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.
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Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
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But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
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In short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship
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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
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The human race has improved everything, but the human race.
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On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.
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