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In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.
Adlai E. Stevenson
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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
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There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.
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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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I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way.
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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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To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.
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Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.
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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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Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
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She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
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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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