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

-Adlai E. Stevenson

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"We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to it's security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft."

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"That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another."

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"Making peace is harder than making war."

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"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them."

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"Your days are short here this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came."

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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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"I thought that 'Twilight' would be a kind of girl movie, but it was cool."

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"Definitely River Phoenix is somebody that I thought, 'This guy is very cool.' I wanted to be like him when I was a kid."

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