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A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.

Earl Warren

Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
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Economic People Representation Vote
Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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People Representation Tree
The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.
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Character Discover Man Meaning Path Possible Sensitive
Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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Completion Joy Quiet World
Citizenship is the right to have rights.
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Citizenship One Liner Privilege Right
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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Action Hell Life Myself Worth
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
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Accomplishment Failure Man People Record Sports
Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
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Equality Opportunity Right
Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
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Government People Perspective Politics Progress
We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honour the concept of a plural society which gains strength through diversity, or whether we are to have bitter fragmentation that will result in perpetual tension and strife.
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Choice Decision Diversity Fragments Honor Result Society Strength Tension
Don’t complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.
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Complain Growth Old People Privilege
The censor’s sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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Expression Freedom Pieces. Heart
The only reason that there has been no sabotage or espionage on the part of Japanese-Americans is that they are waiting for the right moment to strike.
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Patience Reason Strike Wait War
Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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Discover Electric Invention Man Money Technology
To get what you want, STOP doing what isn’t working.
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Inspirational Motivational Work Yourself
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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Civilization Ethics Law Moral Sea

A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.

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