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I am in a position to speak my mind. And that is what I propose to do.

— Walter Cronkite UN Address (1999)

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I regret that, in our attempt to establish some standards, we didn't make them stick. We couldn't find a way to pass them on to another generation, really.

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Our forefathers believed that the closer the laws are to the people, the better.

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Those impractical dreamers are entitled to ask their critics what is so practical about war.

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