Confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIThe whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations
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Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
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Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady
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The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
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In short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
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And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say
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He who slings mud generally loses ground.
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We must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
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Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.
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Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
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The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations
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And this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way.
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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 recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality.
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