Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIAll progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
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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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Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal
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Freedom rings where opinions clash.
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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 free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.
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We must not, in opening our schools to everyone
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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
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I don’t want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.
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Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom.
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It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
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I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.
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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
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The guardian of our heritage, the teacher of our teachers,
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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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