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Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.

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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it's the size of the fight in the dog.

The work of Dr. Salk is in the highest tradition of selfless and dedicated medical research.

The history of free men is never really written by chance-but by choice-their choice.

War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.

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