After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
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There is no evil in the atom; only in men’s souls.
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the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
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Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.
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And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say
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I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics.
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We must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
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A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.
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The human race has improved everything, but the human race.
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The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer.
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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
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Freedom rings where opinions clash.
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For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news.
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Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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Someone asked me…how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow-townsman of ours used to tell–Abraham Lincoln.
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