A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
ADLAI STEVENSON IMany wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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I have been told that one of the reasons the astronomers of the world cooperate is the fact that there is no one nation from which the entire sphere of the sky can be seen.
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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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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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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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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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Too often sinister threats to the bill of rights, to freedom of the mind, are concealed under the patriotic cloak, of anti-communism.
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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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Man is a strange animal, he doesn’t like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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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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A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
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