I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
ADLAI STEVENSON IINewspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.
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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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And when we lose faith in the system
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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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He who slings mud generally loses ground.
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There is a New America every morning when we wake up.
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
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I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends.
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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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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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We have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
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By better cars on longer credit terms.
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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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The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
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And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say
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Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs.
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Someone 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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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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Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady
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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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A hungry man is not a free man.
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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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Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.
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She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
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Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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