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Let us never forget that the deep things that are American are the soul and the spirit. The Statue of Liberty is not tired, and not because it is made of bronze. It is because no matter what happens, here the individual is dignified because he is created in the image of his God. Let us not forget it.
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Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.
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I do have one instruction for you, General. Do something about that damned football team.
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I believe as long as we allow conditions to exist that make for second-class citizens, we are making of ourselves less than first-class citizens.
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We were depending on considerable assistance from the insurrectionists in France. Throughout France the Free French had been of inestimable value in the campaign. ... Without their great assistance the liberation of France and the defeat of the enemy in Western Europe would have consumed a much longer time and meant greater losses to ourselves.
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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
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The proudest human that walks the earth is a free American citizen.
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I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
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The freedom of the individual and his willingness to follow real leadership are at the core of America’s strength.
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Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.
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A foundation of our American way of life is our national respect for law.
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Un-American activity cannot be prevented or routed out by employing un-American methods; to preserve freedom we must use the tools that freedom provides.
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The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.
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Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.
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The Founders conceived government as the servant, not the master of the individual.
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The sergeant is the Army.
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The general limits of your freedom are merely these: that you do not trespass upon the equal rights of others.