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Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.

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Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

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

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Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.

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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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It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

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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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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

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Freedom rings where opinions clash.

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On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.

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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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You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.

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The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

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Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.

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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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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

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On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.

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The university is the archive of the Western mind, it's the keeper of the Western culture, ... the guardian of our heritage, the teacher of our teachers, ... the dwelling place of the free mind.

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