Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
ADLAI STEVENSON IThey cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
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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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The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.
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Too often sinister threats to the bill of rights, to freedom of the mind, are concealed under the patriotic cloak, of anti-communism.
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Men may be born free
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Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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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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Man is a strange animal, he doesn’t like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
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Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
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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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A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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