And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIThe relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer.
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Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.
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But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
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What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is, for the most part, incommunicable.
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Be solved if we have the will, the courage
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As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled
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It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
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Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom.
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We must not, in opening our schools to everyone
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To act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.
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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
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Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
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Is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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