Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIThe boldness to face them, face them square.
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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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It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to look his neighbor in the face and see a man – not a color.
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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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Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity
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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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There is no evil in the atom; only in men’s souls.
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I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics.
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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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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
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It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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Be solved if we have the will, the courage
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I don’t want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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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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