The ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIAfter four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
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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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Great or small–to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.
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There is no evil in the atom; only in men’s souls.
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There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
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I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign… a
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
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The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.
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You will go away with old, good friends. And don’t forget when you leave why you came.
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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
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On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.
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Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs.
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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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You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
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Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady
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