On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIMan has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom.
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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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It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
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The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
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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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The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
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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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She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship
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Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.
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Dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil
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Confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.
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Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
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To have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.
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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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The guardian of our heritage, the teacher of our teachers,
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