The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
ADLAI STEVENSON IHere, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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Men may be born free
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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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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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.
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A man doesn’t save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.
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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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Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.
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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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