The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

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Laws are never as effective as habits.

Laws are never as effective as habits.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that...

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that...

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man...

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man...

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it...

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it...

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in...

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in...

We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air...

We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air...

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that...

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that...

When you leave here, don't forget why you came. ( to college graduates)

When you leave here, don't forget why you came. ( to college graduates)

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity -...

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity -...

I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.

I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it...

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it...

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love...

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love...

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.