All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
ADLAI STEVENSON IINewspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.
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To have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.
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It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
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But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
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The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations
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A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree
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Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
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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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You know, you really can’t beat a household commodity
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I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics.
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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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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
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Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one?
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And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say
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Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy
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The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
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