Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
ADLAI STEVENSON IOur strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.
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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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Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.
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They cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.
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[I]t is difficult to picture the great Creator conceiving of a program of one creature (which He has made) using another living creature for purposes of experimentation.
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Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.
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Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
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Perhaps there is in that fact a parable for national statesmen, whose political horizons are all too often limited by national horizons.
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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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