After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIAnd when we lose faith in the system
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We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality.
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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
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Nature is neutral.
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Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.
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I don’t want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.
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She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
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Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.
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He who slings mud generally loses ground.
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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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Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs.
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It is not even a protection if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams
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Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
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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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Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
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