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Quote by Adlai Stevenson
America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political a

America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact – the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality. – Adlai Stevenson

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Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set. – Adlai Stevenson

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Do not… regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo? – Adlai Stevenson

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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. – Adlai Stevenson

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln

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Liberty is the breath of life to nations. – George Bernard Shaw

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That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges. – John Burroughs, Journal

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If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace. – Hamilton Fish

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I never viewed money as being my money I always saw it as the money. Its a resource. If it pools up around me then it needs to be flushed back out into the system. – Louis C. K.

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Its really fun at night, because I can see the baby kicking. I can feel the knee or the foot. The baby is starting to get heavy, and its a really incredible feeling. Im so grateful I get to experience this. – Emily Procter

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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. – Socrates

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There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. – William Shakespeare

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