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-- Adlai Stevenson Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a
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-- G. K. Chesterton If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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-- Richard Allen, National Security Advisor to President Reagan, explaining the $1000 in cash and
two watches he was given by two Japanese journalists after he hel I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and
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