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" The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy. "
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hear
Never
Best
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" War settles nothing. "
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" What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog. "
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" The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both. "
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" Our pleasures were simple - they included survival. "
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" Oh, that lovely title, ex-president. "
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" Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. "
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" Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you? "
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" Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. "
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" If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. "
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" We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words. "
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" Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat. "
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" There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders. "
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" Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage. "
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