The guardian of our heritage, the teacher of our teachers,
ADLAI STEVENSON IIYou will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal.
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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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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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Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.
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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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To act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.
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There is…a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied..
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Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale.
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As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled
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Nature is neutral.
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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
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Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.
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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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The human race has improved everything, but the human race.
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the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
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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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