Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady
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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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
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All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.
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A hungry man is not a free man.
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Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.
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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
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We have confused the free with the free and easy.
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It is upon us whether we will it or not.
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Be solved if we have the will, the courage
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven.
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By better cars on longer credit terms.
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The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.
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To have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.
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And when we lose faith in the system
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Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
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There is a New America every morning when we wake up.
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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.
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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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There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
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Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale.
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Someone asked me…how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow-townsman of ours used to tell–Abraham Lincoln.
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You will go away with old, good friends. And don’t forget when you leave why you came.
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Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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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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Is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
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All committed, for our safety, to its security and peace.
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