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Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.
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We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.
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There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.
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To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.
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There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.
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There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.
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The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
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Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.
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It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.
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It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.
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There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness.
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The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.
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The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.
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