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The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.

Adlai E. Stevenson

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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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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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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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Freedom rings where opinions clash.
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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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You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal. For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news.
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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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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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Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady but a newspaper can always print a retraction.
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
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On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.
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