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“Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.”

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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.

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The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave…

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Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all…

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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

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A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.

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A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.

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I have been told that one of the reasons the astronomers of the world cooperate is the fact that there is no one nation…

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The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression. Too often sinister threats to the…

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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.

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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.

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