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No people in history have ever survived who thought they could pro

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. – Dean Acheson

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Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. – Dean Acheson

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The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve. – Dean Acheson

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Dont ever dare to take your college as a matter of course – because, like democracy and freedom, many people youll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you. – Alice Duer Miller

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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes. – E. Stanley Jones

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If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside. – Wendell Willkie

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Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press. – Hugo Black

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The real fight is about what should be in the marketplace and what should not. Should education be a marketable commodity? Should healthcare? – Susan George

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