Not to destroy but to construct
ADLAI STEVENSON III hold the unconquerable belief that science and peace will triumph over ignorance and war
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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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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
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You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
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Freedom is not an ideal
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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
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Nature is neutral.
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Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.
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Protocol, alcohol, and Geritol.
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That you can gather votes like box tops
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In short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
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It is upon us whether we will it or not.
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We have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
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The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer.
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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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You will go away with old, good friends. And don’t forget when you leave why you came.
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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 dwelling place of the free mind.
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A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree
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The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
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We must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
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The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.
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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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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled
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I hold the unconquerable belief that science and peace will triumph over ignorance and war
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Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.
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