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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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The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations–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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Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.
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It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to look his neighbor in the face and see a man - not a color.
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A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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Your days are short here this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.
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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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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 have confused the free with the free and easy.
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
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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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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
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We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
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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. Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom. There is no evil in the atom only in men's souls.
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