Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
ADLAI STEVENSON IA lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
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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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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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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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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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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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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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Men may be born free
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Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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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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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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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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