My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
ADLAI STEVENSON IITo act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.
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The boldness to face them, face them square.
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Dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil
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That nations will come together not to destroy but to construct and that the future belongs to those who accomplish most for humanity.
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That you can gather votes like box tops
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That if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
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Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady
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The guardian of our heritage, the teacher of our teachers,
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Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.
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We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
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On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.
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We must not, in opening our schools to everyone
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It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
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Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one?
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It is not even a protection if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams
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