That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
ADLAI STEVENSON IICommunism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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The law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.
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That you can gather votes like box tops
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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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Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.
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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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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
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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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I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics.
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You know, you really can’t beat a household commodity
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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 whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations
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He who slings mud generally loses ground.
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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
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You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
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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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Not to destroy but to construct
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And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven.
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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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It is upon us whether we will it or not.
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Nature is neutral.
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The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.
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To have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.
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The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
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And when we lose faith in the system
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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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Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.
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