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“To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.”

Adlai E. Stevenson · Cool

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Adlai E. Stevenson

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

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Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

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I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

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The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.

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