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The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

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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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Freedom rings where opinions clash.

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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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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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Protocol, alcohol, and Geritol.

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We have confused the free with the free and easy.

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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

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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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Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

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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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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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I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.

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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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You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

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

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