We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.
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The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.
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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
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The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.
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It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.
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