An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
ADLAI STEVENSON IThe sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.
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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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They cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.
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A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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[I]t is difficult to picture the great Creator conceiving of a program of one creature (which He has made) using another living creature for purposes of experimentation.
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The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.
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There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.
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A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
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