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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A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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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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Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.
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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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Men may be born free
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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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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
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Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.
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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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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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The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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