It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to look his neighbor in the face and see a man – not a color.
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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The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer.
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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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Is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
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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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Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled
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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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Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
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Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom.
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The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
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Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.
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The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations
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That 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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I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics.
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