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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
Adlai E. Stevenson
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I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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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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The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
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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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