Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom.
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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Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs.
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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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The human race has improved everything, but the human race.
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I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign… a
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She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
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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 committed, for our safety, to its security and peace.
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Is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
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There is…a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied..
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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship
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We must not, in opening our schools to everyone
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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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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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So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.
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