There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIIn short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
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I don’t want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.
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I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane
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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship
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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 boldness to face them, face them square.
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In short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
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The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations
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All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.
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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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Freedom is not an ideal
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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
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Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.
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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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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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There is…a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied..
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Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.
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The human race has improved everything, but the human race.
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Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
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That if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
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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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When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains
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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
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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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Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.
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And this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way.
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By better cars on longer credit terms.
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