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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Adlai E. Stevenson

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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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Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
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A hungry man is not a free man.
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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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The human race has improved everything, but the human race.
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I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. 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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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to its security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.
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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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The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.
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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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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.
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The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
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