The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations
ADLAI STEVENSON IIThat nations will come together not to destroy but to construct and that the future belongs to those who accomplish most for humanity.
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On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.
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Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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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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A hungry man is not a free man.
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By better cars on longer credit terms.
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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.
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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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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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Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.
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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
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Not to destroy but to construct
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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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I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign… a
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Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady
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We have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
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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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I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.
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He who slings mud generally loses ground.
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Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.
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So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.
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I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics.
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All committed, for our safety, to its security and peace.
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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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