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"he wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefitting his condition."

"What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them — that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not …"

"The American slave was treated like property, which is to say, pretty well."

"Each state is guided by its interests, not by some nebulous concept of common interest. And not many states are even democratic. So, you have a problem with the concept between international instituti…"

"There is no political or moral yardstick by which the court can measure its judgment in the case of nationalization of the oil industry in Iran under no condition we will accept the jurisdiction of th…"

"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country. If any place in the world we need Christianity, it's in Washington. And that'…"

"The government that's strong enough to give you what you want by taking it from someone else is strong enough to take everything you have and give it to someone else."

"I told my constituents when I ran for office that the most important vote I would ever take would be on sending their men and women — the boys and girls, the young men and women in my state — or anywh…"

"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."

"As his life and death suggest, Cicero was addicted to Roman politics; he wrote beautifully about the pleasures of a quiet life in the countryside, but hankered for the hurly-burly of the Senate and th…"

"In his last testament to ‘Ali , the Messenger of Allah told him: "O’ ‘Ali! I advice you to recite the Qur’an in every state ."

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"I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for th…"

"Nobody performs her or his duties. Governments do not, because they do not know, they are not able or they do not wish, or because they are not permitted by those who effectively govern the world: The…"

"If liberals were prevented from ever again calling Republicans dumb, they would be robbed of half their arguments. To be sure, they would still have "racist," "fascist," "homophobe," "ugly," and a few…"

"I want no criticism of America at my table. The Americans criticize themselves more than enough."

"While they complain about candidates pandering to special-interest groups, 217 years of this republic have shown that deep down people want candidates who strive to be all things to all men. People sa…"

"In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen."

"After his arrest and internment in Munich, Hitler turned away from communism and ‘espoused the cause of Social Democracy against that of the Communists.’ He had to disown communism. If he hadn’t he wo…"

"I shall never, under any circumstances, agree to a representative form of government because I consider it harmful to the people whom God has entrusted to my care."