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I suppose flattery hurts no one, that is, if he doesn't inhale.
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I have finally figured out what the Republican orators mean by what they call "moderate progressivism." All they mean is: "Don't just do something, Stand there."
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We cannot be any stronger in our foreign policy – for all the bombs and guns we may heap up in our arsenals – than we are in the spirit which rules inside the country. Foreign policy, like a river, cannot rise above its source.
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True Patriotism, it seems to me, is based on tolerance and a large measure of humility.
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Someone must fill the gap between platitudes and bayonets.
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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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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses … yet we are all children of the same Judaic-Christian civilization, with much the same religious background basically.
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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.
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Carelessness about our security is dangerous; carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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A free society means a society based on free competition and there is no more important competition than competition in ideas, competition in opinion. This form of competition is essential to the preservation of a free press.
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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity of a political convention.
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The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
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An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.
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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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Many of the world's troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any event because we live in an era of revolution—the revolution of rising expectations. In Asia, the masses now count for something. Tomorrow, they will count for more. And, for better or for worse, the future belongs to those who understand the hopes and fears of masses in ferment. The new nations want independence, including the inalienable able right to make their own mistakes. The people want respect—and something to eat every day. And they want something better for their children.
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The early years of the United Nations have been difficult ones, but what did we expect? That peace would drift down from the skies like soft snow? That there would be no ordeal, no anguish, no testing, in this greatest of all human undertakings?
Any great institution or idea must suffer its pains of birth and growth. We will not lose faith in the United Nations. We see it as a living thing and we will work and pray for its full growth and development. We want it to become what it was intended to be — a world society of nations under law, not merely law backed by force, but law backed by justice and popular consent.
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To remember the loneliness, the fear and the insecurity of men who once had to walk alone in huge factories, beside huge machines—to realize that labor unions have meant new dignity and pride to millions of our countrymen—human companionship on the job, and music in the home—to be able to see what larger pay checks mean, not to a man as an employee, but as a husband and as a father—to know these things is to understand what American labor means.
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We talk a great deal about patriotism. What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? I venture to suggest that what we mean is a sense of national responsibility which will enable America to remain master of her power — to walk with it in serenity and wisdom, with self-respect and the respect of all mankind; a patriotism that puts country ahead of self; a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. The dedication of a lifetime — these are words that are easy to utter, but this is a mighty assignment. For it is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
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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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Nature is neutral. Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or to make the deserts bloom.
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The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.
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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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On Eisenhower having dedicated countless buildings and other public structures:
The General has dedicated himself so many times he must feel like the cornerstone of a public building.
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The Republican Vice Presidential Candidate... asks you to place him a heartbeat from the Presidency.
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
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Adlai Stevenson II
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Born:
February 5, 1900
Died:
July 14, 1965
(aged 65)
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was an American politician and diplomat, noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent public speaking, and promotion of progressive causes in the Democratic Party.
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