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Adlai Stevenson I

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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Anand Thakur
They cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
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Anand Thakur
It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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Anand Thakur
A man doesn’t save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.
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Century Civilization Man Party Save
Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
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Apathy Better Indifference Often Right Servant Serve
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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Alone Appeal Being Strong Ground Ideal Lying Our Providing Stockpile Strength Struggling
Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
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Anand Thakur
[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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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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Abomination Dishonesty Helping Lord Lying Trouble
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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Anand Thakur
The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.
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Climate Fear Insightful Patriotic Repression Right Tragedy
There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Anand Thakur
A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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Anand Thakur
Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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Anand Thakur
Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
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Anand Thakur
Men may be born free
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Anand Thakur

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