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- Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), quoted by Human Behavior, May 1978
- Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life.
- W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 - 1963), last message to the world, 1957
- What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), speech to the Republican National Committee, January 31, 1958
- Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
- Sam Rayburn (1882 - 1961), quoted Washingtonian, November 1978
- In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.
- Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), 'Narcotics and Dissecting Knives,' Thoughts and Meditations, 1960
- I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), retort to a heckler asking him to state his beliefs, Time, November 1, 1963
- All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), 'Strength to Love,' 1963
- Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), speech at The American University, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963
- We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918 - 1970), on refusing Western economic assistance, 'Realites,' January 20, 1969
- Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
- Henry Kissinger (1923 - ), Wilson Library Bulletin, March 1979
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