And when we lose faith in the system
ADLAI STEVENSON IISomeone 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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Freedom rings where opinions clash.
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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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You will go away with old, good friends. And don’t forget when you leave why you came.
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Nature is neutral.
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Protocol, alcohol, and Geritol.
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The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
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Dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil
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The dwelling place of the free mind.
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The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal
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I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign… a
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In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it’s just one of the risks he takes.
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In short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
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Not to destroy but to construct
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Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
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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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Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs.
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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 ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
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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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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
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We must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
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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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It is upon us whether we will it or not.
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