The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.
ADLAI STEVENSON IHere, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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Men may be born free
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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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[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 wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
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The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
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The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.
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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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Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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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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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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