A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIAnd when we lose faith in the system
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Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
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Not to destroy but to construct
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A hungry man is not a free man.
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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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We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality.
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Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale.
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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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Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs.
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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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Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one?
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I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends.
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Dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil
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And this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way.
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We must not, in opening our schools to everyone
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Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity
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