The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.
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In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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