We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way.
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Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or read more
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
I should have had a circuitous answer that was a non-answer.
I should have had a circuitous answer that was a non-answer.
The US has a vital interest in that area of the country [Latin America].
The US has a vital interest in that area of the country [Latin America].
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This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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...the differences between the conservative and the radical seem to spring mainly from their attitude toward the future. Fear of the future causes us to lean against and cling to the present, while faith in the future renders us receptive to change.
It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.
It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.
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...one of the most notable characteristics of any Age of Conflict is the effort to achieve economic expansion by political rather than by economic means.
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They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
