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I believe that the only protection that man has against himself is the trust and confidence of his friends. For example, my cynicism tells me that the man who makes a career of "people-hunting" or "people-hating" is a man who desperately fears being chased or not loved.

— Bill Downs This I Believe (1951)

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The fault of democracy everywhere, including the United States of America, is that too few people make use of it.

This seems to me to be more a day for a searching of the human soul perhaps than for any kind of scientific celebration.

Just think! If we survive them, these will be the good old days!

Perhaps the greatest good that will emerge from this Far Eastern crisis is an awareness that freedom-loving men of all races and all nations will have proved that they can and must work and fight together if their freedom is to survive.

Okay, Ed, now I've gotten the ice. When are you gonna stand up to McCarthy?

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