To act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIThe law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.
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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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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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The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer.
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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship
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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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I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane
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Someone asked me…how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow-townsman of ours used to tell–Abraham Lincoln.
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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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Confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.
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Freedom rings where opinions clash.
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It is upon us whether we will it or not.
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You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal.
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The guardian of our heritage, the teacher of our teachers,
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We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality.
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I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign… a
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