When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains
ADLAI STEVENSON IIAccuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady
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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane
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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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Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.
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I don’t want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.
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It is upon us whether we will it or not.
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Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say
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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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In short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
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Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.
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You know, you really can’t beat a household commodity
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You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
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The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.
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To act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.
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