Confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIMan has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom.
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In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it’s just one of the risks he takes.
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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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Great or small–to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.
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Not to destroy but to construct
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It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
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Freedom rings where opinions clash.
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Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.
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the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
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I don’t want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.
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It is upon us whether we will it or not.
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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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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
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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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You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal.
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The guardian of our heritage, the teacher of our teachers,
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