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I can't say that I love it with a fierce passion — indeed as a profession it's rather disappointing since it is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.

— Adlai Stevenson II

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

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.

What I Think (1956)

She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.

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

Essay in This I Believe : 2 (1952)

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

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