That nations will come together not to destroy but to construct and that the future belongs to those who accomplish most for humanity.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIFreedom rings where opinions clash.
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She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
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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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You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal.
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On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.
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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship
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A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree
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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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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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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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To act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.
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So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.
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Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.
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