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If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it.


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The Socialist Party will no longer be running a candidate for president. The Democratic Party is leading this country to Socialism much faster than we could ever hope to.

The Socialist Party will no longer be running a candidate for president. The Democratic Party is leading this country to Socialism much faster than we could ever hope to.



The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.

The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.



Dissent... is a right essential to any concept of the dignity and freedom of the individual; it is essential to the search for truth in a world wherein no authority is infallible.

Dissent... is a right essential to any concept of the dignity and freedom of the individual; it is essential to the search for truth in a world wherein no authority is infallible.



The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly

The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly



The doctrine of thrift for the poor is dumb and cruel, like advising them to try and lift themselves by their bootstraps.

The doctrine of thrift for the poor is dumb and cruel, like advising them to try and lift themselves by their bootstraps.



The very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase fear and hate in the world.

The very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase fear and hate in the world.



I am not the champion of lost causes, but the champion of causes not yet won.

I am not the champion of lost causes, but the champion of causes not yet won.



Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara, who is a good businessman and likes to save, says it would be only 200 million.

Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara, who is a good businessman and likes to save, says it would be only 200 million.



Peace will never be entirely secure until men everywhere have learned to conquer poverty without sacrificing liberty or security.

Peace will never be entirely secure until men everywhere have learned to conquer poverty without sacrificing liberty or security.



Harry Truman proves that old adage that any man can become President of the United States.

Harry Truman proves that old adage that any man can become President of the United States.





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I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the world's end.



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Work could cure almost anything



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A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.



I watched a documentary about the immigrant crisis around the world. And it does make me blush at all the times I've stood up on the stage and given your speech about the healing power of fiction.

I watched a documentary about the immigrant crisis around the world. And it does make me blush at all the times I've stood up on the stage and given your speech about the healing power of fiction.



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Having loved sport my whole life, competing in a Paralympics would be a dream come true.



Oh Lord, let me not live to be useless.

Oh Lord, let me not live to be useless.



Nothing dies harder than a bad idea. And few ideas are worse than the ones we have about art.

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea. And few ideas are worse than the ones we have about art.



I don't want to be an island. I want to be more of a tourist attraction. You stop here, I take your money and you go.

I don't want to be an island. I want to be more of a tourist attraction. You stop here, I take your money and you go.



The alternative to the market process is government control, and we know where that principle leads.

The alternative to the market process is government control, and we know where that principle leads.




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