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The strange alchemy of time has somehow converted the Democrats into the truly conservative party in the country—the party dedicated to conserving all that is best and building solidly and safely on these foundations. The Republicans, by contrast, are behaving like the radical party—the party of the reckless and embittered, bent on dismantling institutions which have been built solidly into our social fabric.
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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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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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The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.
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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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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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