After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIOn 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.
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The human race has improved everything, but the human race.
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I hold the unconquerable belief that science and peace will triumph over ignorance and war
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Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
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Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity
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It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
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The dwelling place of the free mind.
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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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By better cars on longer credit terms.
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We must not, in opening our schools to everyone
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He who slings mud generally loses ground.
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For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news.
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The ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
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Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale.
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She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
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I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics.
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