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A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.

— Adlai Stevenson II Speeches of Adlai Stevenson (1952)

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We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

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I believe in the infinite wisdom that envelops and embraces me and from which I take direction, purpose, strength.

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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity of a political convention.

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