The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIAfter four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
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A hungry man is not a free man.
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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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Confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.
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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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A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.
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All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.
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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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That you can gather votes like box tops
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Nature is neutral.
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It is upon us whether we will it or not.
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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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The university is the archive of the Western mind, it’s the keeper of the Western culture, …
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The dwelling place of the free mind.
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But a newspaper can always print a retraction.
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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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