Forty Years on Main Street
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“Every great movement needs an agitator. Every leader of spiritual ideals need a John the Baptist.”
“Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you give it to others.”
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“I would rather have written Fables in Slang than be President.”
“My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias.”
“The facts fairly and honestly presented; truth will take care of itself.”
“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.”
“Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.”
“I fear vastly more a futile, incompetent old age than I do any form of death.”
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“There is no insanity so devastating in man's life as utter sanity.”
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“Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.”
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“Peace without justice is tyranny”
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“The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.”
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“The more riots that come out of our college campuses, the better the world for tomorrow.”
“Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.”
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“Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.”
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“In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.”
“A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.”