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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.

Adlai E. Stevenson

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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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When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
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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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We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
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The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
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You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
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And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say, be solved if we have the will, the courage, the boldness to face them, face them square.
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Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.
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We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.
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Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
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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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She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
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There is...a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied...by better cars on longer credit terms.
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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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Freedom rings where opinions clash.
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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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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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