Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
ADLAI STEVENSON IOur 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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Perhaps there is in that fact a parable for national statesmen, whose political horizons are all too often limited by national horizons.
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There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
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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 who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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Men may be born free
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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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The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
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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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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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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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