Men may be born free
ADLAI STEVENSON IHere brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.
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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
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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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Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
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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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[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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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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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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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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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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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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Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
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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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